Accelerator for agglutination reactions, reagent for biochemical assays, and biochemical assay method

摘要

The object of the present invention is to provide an accelerator for agglutination reactions that is suitable to use in biochemical agglutination determination systems (e.g., immune agglutination determination systems), shows a strong accelerative function to agglutination reactions, does not tend to increase viscosities of its aqueous solutions, shows good reproducibility and precision in determination results, and can be readily handled. ;The object can be attained by using an accelerator consisting essentially of at least one member selected from the group consisting of alginic acid and alginates. ;The accelerator can be applied to reagents for biochemical assays (e.g., immunoassays), kits for biochemical assays, and biochemical assay methods. ;Further, the present invention provides use of at least one member selected from the group consisting of alginic acid and alginates as an accelerator for agglutination reactions.