SPECIMEN HAVING CAPABILITY OF SEPARATING SOLID COMPONENT

摘要

A specimen having the capability of separating a solid component, characterized in that it comprises a porous reagent layer containing beads, an inorganic gel and a reagent undergoing a detectable reaction with a substance to be detected and a support for the reagent layer, wherein the beads are adhered to one another by the inorganic gel, interstices are formed between the beads to capture the solid component. The specimen can thus used for separating a blood cell component from a total blood containing a blood cell component and a blood plasma component and detecting a substance to be detected, such as glucose, contained in the plasma component. The use of the specimen allows the measurement of a substance to be detected by means of a transmitted light, exhibits good oxygen permeability, and thus can be used for measuring a substance to be detected with improved accuracy.