Cyanobacteria (Nostoc commune) used as a dietary item in the Peruvian highlands produce the neurotoxic amino acid BMAA

Journal of Ethnopharmacology

Volumn 118, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 159-165

  Johnson, Holly E ^a   King, Steven R ^a   Banack, Sandra Anne ^a   Webster, Christopher ^a   Callanaupa, Wilson Javier ^b   Cox, Paul Alan ^a  

^a Institute for Ethnomedicine   (United States)

^b Center of Traditional Textiles of Peru   (Peru)

Author keywords

BMAA; Llullucha; Neurotoxic foods; Nostoc commune; Quechua

Indexed keywords

2 AMINO 3 METHYLAMINOPROPIONIC ACID;

ARTICLE; BACTERIUM COLONY; CYANOBACTERIUM; FOOD INTAKE; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; NEUROTOXICITY; NONHUMAN; NOSTOC COMMUNE; PERU; TANDEM MASS SPECTROMETRY; ULTRA PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION;

AMINO ACIDS, DIAMINO; CHROMATOGRAPHY, HIGH PRESSURE LIQUID; CHROMATOGRAPHY, LIQUID; DIETARY SUPPLEMENTS; MEDICINE, TRADITIONAL; NEUROTOXINS; NOSTOC COMMUNE; PERU; TANDEM MASS SPECTROMETRY;

CYANOBACTERIA; NOSTOC COMMUNE; NOSTOCALES; ZEA MAYS;

EID: 44349177394     PISSN: 03788741     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jep.2008.04.008     Document Type: Article

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