General Corticosterone (Cort) ELISA Kit

A competitive immunoassay kit from Assay Genie for quantitative measurement of corticosterone (Cort), the principal glucocorticoid secreted by the adrenal cortex in rodents and many other species. Because corticosterone rises sharply in response to physical or psychological stress, this ELISA kit is widely used in research on HPA axis activation, circadian rhythm, behavioral neuroscience, and metabolic studies. The competitive assay format is well suited to small molecules like steroids, which are too small to be captured by a traditional sandwich configuration.

It accepts multiple specimen types including blood-derived preparations and urine samples, supporting diverse experimental designs from terminal blood collection to non-invasive urine monitoring in longitudinal studies. Researchers use it to evaluate stress responses in animal models, screen corticosterone-modifying compounds, and monitor adrenal function across treatment groups.

Assay Genie's competitive Cort ELISA kit is supplied as a research-use-only package containing the microplate, standards, detection reagents, and protocol. The colorimetric read-out enables straightforward analysis on standard plate readers commonly available in laboratory settings, and the kit's universal reactivity profile makes it applicable across rodent, livestock, and other vertebrate study systems where corticosterone is the dominant glucocorticoid.