Determination of the non protein amino acid β-N-methylamino-l-alanine in estuarine cyanobacteria by capillary electrophoresis

Toxicon

Volumn 58, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 410-414

  Baptista, Mafalda S ^a   Cianca, Rosa C C ^a,b   Lopes, Viviana R ^a,c   Almeida, C Marisa R ^a   Vasconcelos, Vitor M ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PORTO   (Portugal)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VIGO   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PORTO   (Portugal)

Author keywords

BMAA; CE; Cyanobacteria; Estuaries; Microwave assisted digestion

Indexed keywords

2 AMINO 3 METHYLAMINOPROPIONIC ACID;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; CAPILLARY ELECTROPHORESIS; CYANOBACTERIUM; ESTUARINE SPECIES; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DETERMINATION; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS;

AMINO ACIDS, DIAMINO; CYANOBACTERIA; ELECTROPHORESIS, CAPILLARY; HYDROLYSIS;

CYANOBACTERIA;

EID: 80052255020     PISSN: 00410101     EISSN: 18793150     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.toxicon.2011.08.007     Document Type: Article

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