摘要 |
Biological cell compositions are stabilized to preserve aldehyde functionality by formation of acetal, particularly cyclic acetal, primarily in order to prevent cell-to-cell crosslinking. The stabilized biological cells are particularly useful as human blood particle analogs in reference reagents employed in electronic hematology testing instrumentation. A process for preparing the acetal-stabilized biological cells employs reaction of polyaldehyde-treated biological cells with alcohol, preferably including 1,2 dialcohol, under acidic conditions; thereafter, the resulting product solution is adjusted to basic condition, stabilizing the acetal formation on the biological cells.
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