Standardized procedure for determination of staphylocoagulase.

A simple standardized procedure for the determination of staphylocoagulase, based on thrombin clotting time measurement with euglobulin, has been developed. A standard euglobulin solution containing 0.25% of clottable protein, 0.01 M epsilon-aminocaproic acid, and 20 units of heparin per ml is employed. One unit of staphylocoagulase is defined as the amount of the enzyme which clots this standard euglobulin solution in 25 sec.