An Improved Method of Tissue Culture Bioassay for Tetrodotoxin

Fisheries Science

Volumn 62, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 825-829

  Hamasaki, Koji ^a   Kogure, Kazuhiro ^b   Ohwada, Kouichi ^b  

^a SOKA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

Author keywords

Neuro2A; Sodium channel blocker; Tetrazolium salt; Tetrodotoxin; Tissue culture bioassay

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI;

EID: 0007063770     PISSN: 09199268     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2331/fishsci.62.825     Document Type: Article

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