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  • Title: A study of the interaction between bromocresol green dye and bovine, ovine and equine serum globulins.
    Author: Keay G, Doxey DL.
    Journal: Vet Res Commun; 1984 Feb; 8(1):25-32. PubMed ID: 6202048.
    Abstract:
    In human medicine it has been shown that the bromocresol green (BCG) dye-binding method for the determination of serum albumin is not entirely specific, the dye reacting also with certain human serum globulins. This causes over-estimation of albumin when reaction times are prolonged beyond 30 seconds. In the present study, serum albumin values obtained from three animal species by the "immediate", i.e. less than 30 seconds, BCG reaction were compared with those by the 10-minute BCG reaction. Albumin-depleted sera were prepared using an affinity chromatography technique and their reactions and those of purified gamma globulin preparations with the dye were studied. In cattle, sheep and horses, serum albumin values obtained by the 10-minute reaction were higher than those obtained by the "immediate" BCG reaction, the differences being statistically significant. Purified gamma globulin did not react with the BCG dye after 10 minutes, but other globulins did. There were differences between the species in the magnitude of the reaction of their globulins with BCG dye.
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