The BÜHLMANN fecal Calprotectin Assays – A unique Success Story
BÜHLMANN has launched its first assay for fecal calprotectin testing more than 10 years ago and is today considered as the gold-standard. We cover the broadest product range in the market offering from the gold-standard BÜHLMANN fCAL® ELISA, to the Quantum Blue® rapid test, to the home test IBDoc® and to the automated, random-access BÜHLMANN fCAL® turbo a solution for every need. The BÜHLMANN calprotectin assays appear in more than 60 clinical publications thereby demonstrating the reliability and the quality in diagnosis and monitoring of IBD.
Calprotectin Product Information
| Name | BÜHLMANN fCAL® ELISA | BÜHLMANN fCAL® turbo | Quantum Blue® fCAL |
| Method | ELISA | Immuno turbidimetric | Lateral Flow |
| Time to Result | 2 h (approx.) | 10 min (approx.) | 15 min (approx.) |
| Sample Type | 50-150 µl feces extract | less than 1 g | 60 µl feces extract |
| Standard Range | 10-600 µg/g / 30-1800 µg/g | 0-2000 µg/g | 30-300 µg/g / 100-1800 µg/g / 30 -1000 µg/g |
| Sensitivity (LoQ) | 10 µg/g | 22 µg/g | <30 µg/g / <100 µg / <30 µg/g |
| Order Code | EK-CAL 96 wells | B-KCAL-RSET, B-KCAL-CASET, B-KCAL-CONSET | LF-CAL25 / LF-CHR25 / LF-CALE25 (25 tests each) |
| CE | CE | CE |
Calprotectin – Stool Extraction with CALEX®
BÜHLMANN Laboratories is not only leader in unique diagnostic assays for calprotectin, but has also the most innovative stool extraction device demonstrating the importance of pre-analytics in calprotectin measurement. The CALEX® offers simple and hygienic stool sampling and is pre-filled with the BÜHLMANN extraction buffer. Check out our main page for stool extraction now