The Limulus Amebocyte Lysate assay may be unsuitable for detecting endotoxin in blood of healthy female subjects

Journal of Immunological Methods

Volumn 416, Issue , 2015, Pages 146-156

  Gnauck, Anne ^a   Lentle, Roger G ^a   Kruger, Marlena C ^a  

^a MASSEY UNIVERSITY   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Endotoxin; LAL assay; Limulus Amebocyte Lysate assay; Serum

Indexed keywords

ENDOTOXIN; LIPOPOLYSACCHARIDE; PLASMA PROTEIN; ENDOTOXIN BINDING PROTEINS; MEMBRANE PROTEIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD; BLOOD COLLECTION TUBE; BLOOD SAMPLING; CALCULATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DILUTION; FEMALE; GRAM NEGATIVE BACTERIUM; HEAT; HEATING; HUMAN; LABORATORY; LIMULUS LYSATE TEST; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REACTION TIME; SERUM; STORAGE TEMPERATURE; BIOASSAY; CHEMISTRY; PROCEDURES;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); LIMULUS; NEGIBACTERIA;

ADULT; BIOLOGICAL ASSAY; BLOOD PROTEINS; ENDOTOXINS; FEMALE; HUMANS; LIMULUS TEST; LIPOPOLYSACCHARIDES; MEMBRANE PROTEINS; SERUM;

EID: 84922185206     PISSN: 00221759     EISSN: 18727905     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jim.2014.11.010     Document Type: Article

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