Immunodiffusion
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Immunodiffusion is a diagnostic test which involves diffusion through a substance such as agar
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Two commonly known forms are Ouchterlony double immunodiffusion and radial immunodiffusion
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Agar
Agar or agar-agar is a gelatinous substance derived from a polysaccharide that accumulates in the cell walls of agarophyte red algae. Throughout history into modern times, agar has been chiefly used as an ingredient in desserts throughout Asia and also as a solid substrate to contain culture medium...
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Two commonly known forms are Ouchterlony double immunodiffusion and radial immunodiffusion
Radial immunodiffusion
Radial immunodiffusion is an immunodiffusion technique used in immunology to determine the quantity of an antigen by measuring the diameters of circles of precipitin complexes surrounding samples of the antigen that mark the boundary between the antigen and an antibody suspended in a medium, such...
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