Assays

An assay is an investigative (analytic) procedure in laboratory medicine, pharmacology, environmental biology and molecular biology for qualitatively assessing or quantitatively measuring the presence, amount, or functional activity of a target entity (the analyte).

Protease
• Hemoglobin Units on Tyrosine basis (HUT)

• Protease Assay (PC)

Papain
• Milk Clot Unit (MCU)

• Tyrosine Assay Method (TU)

• FCC Botanical Protease Units (FCC-PU)

Bromelain
• Casein Digestion Unit (CDU)

• FCC Botanical Protease Units (FCC-PU)

• Milk Clot Unit (MCU)

Amylase
• Reference Amylase Unit (RAU)

• Modified SKB method (Sandstedt, Kneen and Blish, Cereal Chemistry 16:172, 1939)

Cellulases and Hemicellulase
• Endo Cellulase Units (ECU)

• BXU (Beech Xylan Substrate)

Non-Starch Hydrolyzing Carbohydrases
• FCC ALU