Hardy Diagnostics Hippurate Test is to be used in the presumptive identification of Gardnerella vaginalis, Campylobacter jejuni , Listeria monocytogenes and group B streptococci, by detecting the ability of the organism to hydrolyze hippurate
The rapid test employs ninhydrin as the indicator, which detects glycine, the second byproduct of hippurate hydrolysis
The rapid hippurate hydrolysis test has been shown to be as specific and as sensitive as the classical method that detects the benzoic acid byproduct
Each tube contains 20.0 gm of Sodium Hippurate per liter of distilled water when rehydrated
Each 2 ml Ninhydrin Indicator Solution bottle contains 45.0gm Ninhydrin Reagent per liter of distilled water when reconstituted
