The non-protein amino acid β-N-methylamino-l-alanine in Portuguese cyanobacterial isolates

Amino Acids

Volumn 42, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 2473-2479

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

^a UNIVERSITY OF PORTO   (Portugal)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VIGO   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PORTO   (Portugal)

Author keywords

AQC; BMAA; Cyanobacteria; Estuaries; HPLC FD; Neurotoxin

Indexed keywords

2 AMINO 3 METHYLAMINOPROPIONIC ACID; ACETONE; HYDROCHLORIC ACID; METHANOL; TRICHLOROACETIC ACID;

AMINO ACID ANALYSIS; AMINO ACID SYNTHESIS; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; CHROOCOCCALES; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYANOBACTERIUM; ELUTION; EXTRACTION; FLUORESCENCE ANALYSIS; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; NONHUMAN; NOSTOCALES; OSCILLATORIALES; PORTUGAL; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ACETONE; AMINO ACIDS, DIAMINO; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; CHROMATOGRAPHY, HIGH PRESSURE LIQUID; CYANOBACTERIA; HYDROCHLORIC ACID; LAKES; LIQUID-LIQUID EXTRACTION; METHANOL; NEUROTOXINS; PORTUGAL; PROTEIN BINDING; TRICHLOROACETIC ACID;

CHROOCOCCALES; CYANOBACTERIA; NOSTOCALES; OSCILLATORIALES;

EID: 84862768313     PISSN: 09394451     EISSN: 14382199     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00726-011-1057-1     Document Type: Article

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