The Histamine test uses a rapid enzymatic assay that is AOAC-validated, easy-to-use and provides a quantitative test result in less than 1 hour. Histamine Test is validated assay for the determination of histamine in tuna, bonito, canned tuna, fish sauce and other products.

1. Feature | Kikkoman histamine test kit 61341

– Simple: Just dissolve the reagents and mix with the sample. The analysis is simple and safe. Due to high specificity of the enzyme, no hazardous chemicals-such as strong acids or organic solvents-are needed.

– Rapid: The reaction takes only 15 minutes. For raw fish samples, the test can be fully completed-from sample preparation to result- in one hour.

– Accurate​: Just dissolve the reagents and mix with the sample. The analysis is simple and safe. Due to high specificity of the enzyme, no hazardous chemicals-such as strong acids or organic solvents-are needed.

2. Contents Histamine test kit

3. Caution

– The reagent can not be used for purposes other than voluntary health inspection and research applications.

– This measurement, instruments and EDTA solution such as a micro pipette in addition to this kit and the absorbance meter is required.

– Histamine is easy to adsorb to the glass. Please use the plastic tube or the like.

– This kit is a histamine assay kit for raw fish. However, by varying the pretreatment method, it is the case that can be adapted to samples other than raw fish.

3. Award history

– Received the Technical Achievement Award in Fisheries Science from the Japanese Society of Fisheries Science.(2007)

– Received the Japan Soy Sauce Technology Award in application section from the Japan Soy Sauce Association.(2014)

– New! Histamine Test certificated the AOAC Performance Tested Method (PTM).

4. Recommended Equipment

– When you use the "Histamine Test", we recommend the use of the following equipment. Also available in a general spectrophotometer.

– Absorptiometer RGB (Model DPM2-ABS)

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