Recent Developments in Flow Injection Immunoanalysis

Abstract

Flow injection coupled to immunoassays (FIIA) is a powerful tool for the development of analytical protocols and has been applied in fields other than clinical. This article presents new FIIA contributions in areas such as biology, environmental, bioprocess monitoring for on-line applications or drugs. The development of FIIA methods using different labels, liposomes, immunoreagents, or immunosensors is reviewed. Finally, new trends in FIIA and the feasibility of using other techniques, such as high-performance immunoaffinity chromatography (HPIC) or capillary electrophoresis (CE) are also taken into account.

Key Words:

• flow injection immunoanalysis
• immunoassay
• drugs
• plaguicides
• bioprocess monitoring