Complement Reagents

C1s depleted serum (C1s-Dpl) is normal human serum depleted of C1s by immunoaffinity chromatography.

C3-Dpl is normal human serum in which C3 has been removed by immunoaffinity chromatography.

C4-deficient guinea pigs were characterized in 1971 as being completely genetically and functionally deficient in C4.

A major component of cobra venom is CVF which binds to the victim’s factor B and this is then activated by factor D forming CVF,Bb.

CVF-NHS is generated by activating the complement system in normal human serum with cobra venom factor (CVF) (CompTech #A150) purified from the venom of Naja naja kaouthia.

Normal mouse serum is tested for complement activity and certified to possess functional classical and alternative pathways of activation.

Normal cynomolgus serum (NCYS) is tested for complement activity and certified to possess fully functional classical and alternative pathways of activation.

Normal rat serum is tested for complement activity and certified to possess functional classical and alternative pathways of activation.