Quantification of ricin, RCA and comparison of enzymatic activity in 18 Ricinus communis cultivars by isotope dilution mass spectrometry

Toxicon

Volumn 95, Issue , 2015, Pages 72-83

  Schieltz, David M ^a   McWilliams, Lisa G ^a   Kuklenyik, Zsuzsanna ^a   Prezioso, Samantha M ^b,c   Carter, Andrew J ^b   Williamson, Yulanda M ^a   McGrath, Sara C ^a,d   Morse, Stephen A ^b   Barr, John R ^a  

^a NATIONAL CENTER FOR ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH   (United States)

^b NATIONAL CENTER FOR EMERGING AND ZOONOTIC INFECTIOUS DISEASES   (United States)

^c EMORY UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d CENTER FOR DRUG EVALUATION AND RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

Cultivar; Mass spectrometry; Quantification; RCA; Ricin; Ricinus communis

Indexed keywords

GLYCOPEPTIDASE; PLANT LECTIN; RICIN; GLYCOSIDASE; PLANT EXTRACT; RICINUS COMMUNIS AGGLUTININ-1;

ALPHA CHAIN; ARTICLE; BETA CHAIN; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; GENE EXPRESSION; ISOTOPE DILUTION MASS SPECTROMETRY; LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; MASS SPECTROMETRY; MEASUREMENT ACCURACY; MULTIPLE REACTION MONITORING MASS SPECTROMETRY; NONHUMAN; PLANT GENE; PLANT GENOME; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN CONTENT; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RICINUS COMMUNIS; TANDEM MASS SPECTROMETRY; CHEMISTRY; ENZYMOLOGY; IMMUNOASSAY; METABOLISM; PLANT SEED; POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL ELECTROPHORESIS;

RICINUS COMMUNIS;

CASTOR BEAN; CHROMATOGRAPHY, LIQUID; ELECTROPHORESIS, POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL; GLYCOSIDE HYDROLASES; IMMUNOASSAY; PLANT EXTRACTS; PLANT LECTINS; RICIN; SEEDS; TANDEM MASS SPECTROMETRY;

EID: 84921341236     PISSN: 00410101     EISSN: 18793150     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.toxicon.2015.01.003     Document Type: Article

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