| CPC G01N 33/582 (2013.01) [B01L 3/502715 (2013.01); G01N 21/76 (2013.01); B01L 2200/027 (2013.01); B01L 2200/16 (2013.01)] | 13 Claims |

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1. A kit containing a chemiluminescent detection system for determining the concentration of biotin in a sample, the kit comprising:
(a) a composition comprising a particle having a singlet oxygen-activatable chemiluminescent compound coupled thereto and/or disposed therein, the particle having biotin or an analog thereof directly or indirectly bound thereto, wherein the singlet oxygen-activatable chemiluminescent compound is a substance that undergoes a chemical reaction with singlet oxygen to form a metastabile intermediate species that can decompose with the simultaneous or subsequent emission of light; and
(b) a composition comprising a particle having a sensitizer capable of generating singlet oxygen in its excited state coupled thereto and/or disposed therein, the particle having traptavidin directly or indirectly bound thereto; and
wherein the kit is capable of detecting biotin concentrations in a range of from about 0 to about 1500 ng/ml;
wherein the biotin analog is selected from the group consisting of 4′-hydroxyazobenzene-2-carboxylic acid (HABA), iminobiotin, biotin carbonate, biotin carbamate, biotin methyl ester, desthiobiotin, diaminobiotin, chloroacetylated biotin, biotin sulfone, thiobiotin, methoxycarbonylbiotin methyl ester, bis-biotin, tetra-biotin, and an ester or salt of any of the above biotin analogs.
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