“…To generate immunogens, haptens 3 and 4 were covalently attached through their carboxylic acid moieties to the lysine groups of BSA using the active ester method Zhang, Wu et al, 2008;Liang, Liu, Liu, Yu, & Fan, 2008;Ju, Tang, Fan, & Chen, 2008;Lee, Kim, Park, Chung, & Lee, 2005). Briefly, Haptens were activated as a result of treatment with a 50% molar excess of NHS and DCC for 6 h at room temperature.…”