CHEMILUMINESCENT METHOD OF MONITORING PRODUCTS AFTER HEAT TREATMENT

摘要

A method of monitoring heat processes in pharmaceutical, clinical, food or nonbiological products, which method includes the steps of combining a test sample or sample extract from the product with chemiluminescent compounds or compounds specifically susceptible to enzymes, while triggering the decomposition of the chemiluminescent compound to emit light. The enzyme can be indegenous or added before the heat process as an indicator. The sample is incubated and integration of chemiluminescent light emission over time is measured as indicative of the past temperature and time profile of the sample.