LC-MS/MS determination of the isomeric neurotoxins BMAA (β-N-methylamino-l-alanine) and DAB (2,4-diaminobutyric acid) in cyanobacteria and seeds of Cycas revoluta and Lathyrus latifolius

Toxicon

Volumn 55, Issue 2-3, 2010, Pages 547-557

  Krüger, Thomas ^a   Mönch, Bettina ^a   Oppenhäuser, Steven ^a   Luckas, Bernd ^a  

^a FRIEDRICH SCHILLER UNIVERSITY JENA   (Germany)

Author keywords

N methylamino l alanine; 2,4 Diaminobutyric acid; Cyanobacteria; Cycads; Tandem mass spectrometry

Indexed keywords

2,4 DIAMINOBUTYRIC ACID; AMINO ACID DERIVATIVE; BACTERIAL TOXIN; BETA N METHYLAMINOALANINE; NEUROTOXIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANGIOSPERM; ARTICLE; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; CYANOBACTERIUM; CYCAS; CYCAS REVOLUTA; DERIVATIZATION; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LATHYRUS; LATHYRUS LATIFOLIUS; LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; MASS SPECTROMETRY; NONHUMAN; PLANT SEED; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TOXIN ANALYSIS;

AMINO ACIDS, DIAMINO; AMINOBUTYRIC ACIDS; CHROMATOGRAPHY, HIGH PRESSURE LIQUID; CYANOBACTERIA; CYCAS; DIETARY SUPPLEMENTS; ISOMERISM; LATHYRUS; NEUROTOXINS; SEEDS; TANDEM MASS SPECTROMETRY;

CYANOBACTERIA; CYCADOPSIDA; CYCAS REVOLUTA; LATHYRUS LATIFOLIUS; MAGNOLIOPHYTA;

EID: 72749086006     PISSN: 00410101     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.toxicon.2009.10.009     Document Type: Article

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