摘要 |
<p>The present invention discloses a diagnostic test and method comprising mixing blood or another biological fluid sample with' a test compound and spotting the blood or the biological fluid on filter paper for subsequent analysis of the effect of the test compound on the blood or on the biological fluid. The biological fluid can be a cerebrospinal fluid, a peritoneal fluid, a cyst fluid, an amniotic fluid, a lavage fluid, a saliva, a. cell extract or a tissue extract. The test compound is chosen among an amino acid, a peptide, a protein, a carbohydrate, an oligosaccharide, a polysaccharide, a glycoprotein, a lipid, a lipoprotein, a glycosa- minoglycan, a hormone, a steroid, a vitamin, a low molecular weight synthetic or natural compound which influences the blood or the biological fluid to cause an alteration of its composition e.g. a toxin, allergen, autoantigen, bacterial protein or polysaccharide, viral protein, fungal protein or polysaccharide, parasitic protein or polysaccharide, bacterial lipopolysaccharide or any other compound relevant to diseases.</p> |