Measurement of different types of endotoxin in murine plasma by pretreatment with alkaline reagent and kinetic chromogenic Limulus test

Journal of Endotoxin Research

Volumn 4, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 339-346

  Morita, H ^a   Hasunuma, R ^b   Fujihara, M ^b   Tanaka, S ^a   Galanos, C ^c   Freudenberg, M A ^c   Morrison, D C ^d   Kumazawa, Y ^b  

^a SEIKAGAKU CORPORATION   (Japan)

^b KITASATO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE OF IMMUNOBIOLOGY AND EPIGENETICS   (Germany)

^d UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIUM LIPOPOLYSACCHARIDE; CEFTAZIDIME; ENDOTOXIN; REAGENT;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL INFECTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FEMALE; HELICOBACTER PYLORI; LIMULUS LYSATE TEST; MEASUREMENT; METHODOLOGY; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; SALMONELLA; SALMONELLA TYPHIMURIUM; TOXIN ANALYSIS;

ANIMALIA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI; HELICOBACTER PYLORI; LIMULUS; MURINAE; SALMONELLA; SALMONELLA ABORTUS; SALMONELLA ENTERICA SUBSP. ENTERICA SEROVAR ABORTUSEQUI; SALMONELLA TYPHIMURIUM; TYPHIMURIUM;

EID: 0031465095     PISSN: 09680519     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/096805199700400505     Document Type: Article

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