Presence of the neurotoxic amino acids β-N-methylamino-L-alanine (BMAA) and 2,4-diamino-butyric acid (DAB) in shallow springs from the Gobi Desert

Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis

Volumn 10, Issue SUPPL. 2, 2009, Pages 96-100

  Craighead, Derek ^a   Metcalf, James S ^b,c,d   Banack, Sandra A ^b   Amgalan, Luvsanjamba ^e   Reynolds, Harry V ^g   Batmunkh, Mijiddorj ^f  

^a CRAIGHEAD BERINGIA SOUTH   (United States)

^b Institute for Ethnomedicine   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF DUNDEE   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MISSISSIPPI   (United States)

^e INSTITUTE OF CHEMISTRY AND CHEMICAL TECHNOLOGY   (Mongolia)

^f Great Gobi Special Protected Area ^*  (Mongolia)

^g Reynolds Alaska Wildlife Institute   (United States)

Author keywords

BMAA; Cyanobacteria; DAB; Gobi Desert; Water resources

Indexed keywords

2 AMINO 3 METHYLAMINOPROPIONIC ACID; 2,4 DIAMINOBUTYRIC ACID; DRINKING WATER;

BEAR; CONFERENCE PAPER; CYANOBACTERIUM; DESERT; LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; MASS SPECTROMETRY; NEUROTOXICITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; URSUS ARCTOS ISABELLINUS; WATER SUPPLY;

AMINO ACIDS, DIAMINO; AMINO ACIDS, DICARBOXYLIC; AMINOBUTYRIC ACIDS; ANIMALS; CHROMATOGRAPHY, HIGH PRESSURE LIQUID; CYANOBACTERIA; DESERT CLIMATE; ECOSYSTEM; HUMANS; MONGOLIA; SEASONS; TANDEM MASS SPECTROMETRY; WATER MICROBIOLOGY;

EID: 74549191893     PISSN: 17482968     EISSN: 1471180X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/17482960903278469     Document Type: Conference Paper

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