NOVEL COMPOUND 2-AMINO-3-[2-(.ALPHA.-MANNOPYRANOSYL)INDOL-3-YL]PROPIONIC ACID, PROCESS FOR PREPARING THE SAME, AND METHOD FOR INSPECTINGFUNCTION OF LIVING BODY WITH THE NOVEL COMPOUND

摘要

The present invention relates to a method for testing a biological function by quantitating 2-amino-3-[2-(.alpha.-mannopyranosyl)indole-3-yl]propionic acid in a collected biological sample and determining the biological function based on the quantitated values; to an antibody specifically reactive with 2-amino-3-[2-(.alpha.-mannopyranosyl)indole-3-yl]propionic acid; to a hybridoma that produces the antibody; and to a method for immunologically quantitating 2-amino-3-[2-(.alpha.-mannopyranosyl)indole-3-yl]propionic acid in a sample by using the antibody.