Determination of the neurotoxins BMAA (β-N-methylamino-L-alanine) and DAB (α-,γ-diaminobutyric acid) by LC-MSMS in Dutch urban waters with cyanobacterial blooms

Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis

Volumn 10, Issue SUPPL. 2, 2009, Pages 79-84

  Faassen, Elisabeth J ^a   Gillissen, Frits ^a   Zweers, Hans A J ^a   Lrling, Miquel ^a  

^a WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

BMAA; Cyanobacteria; Cyanotoxins; DAB; LC MSMS

Indexed keywords

2 AMINO 3 METHYLAMINOPROPIONIC ACID; 2,4 DIAMINOBUTYRIC ACID; BACTERIAL TOXIN; NEUROTOXIN;

CONFERENCE PAPER; CONVALESCENCE; CYANOBACTERIUM; DERIVATIZATION; HEALTH HAZARD; HYDROPHILIC INTERACTION CHROMATOGRAPHY; LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; MASS SPECTROMETRY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TANDEM MASS SPECTROMETRY;

AMINO ACIDS, DIAMINO; ANIMALS; CHROMATOGRAPHY, HIGH PRESSURE LIQUID; CYANOBACTERIA; GAMMA-AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; NETHERLANDS; NEUROTOXINS; SPECTROMETRY, MASS, ELECTROSPRAY IONIZATION; WATER; WATER MICROBIOLOGY;

EID: 74549176536     PISSN: 17482968     EISSN: 1471180X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/17482960903272967     Document Type: Conference Paper

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