Evaluation of the toxicity and toxicokinetics of cereulide from an emetic Bacillus cereus strain of milk origin

Toxins

Volumn 8, Issue 6, 2016, Pages

  Cui, Yi Fang ^a   Liu, Yuan ^a   Liu, Xiao Ye ^a   Xia, Xi ^a   Ding, Shuang Yang ^a   Zhu, Kui ^a,b  

^a CHINA AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b Duke University   (United States)

Author keywords

Bacillus cereus; Cereulide; Toxicity; Toxicokinetics; UPLC MS MS

Indexed keywords

ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE; CEREULIDE; GENOMIC DNA; BACTERIAL TOXIN; DEPSIPEPTIDE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BACILLUS CEREUS; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; BLOOD ANALYSIS; CYTOTOXICITY TEST; ENZYME IMMUNOASSAY; FEMALE; FOOD POISONING; LIVER FAILURE; MALE; MASS SPECTROMETRY; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; TOXICOKINETICS; ULTRA PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; VOMITING; ANIMAL; BLOOD; FOOD CONTAMINATION; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; LEPORIDAE; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY; MILK;

ANIMALS; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASES; BACILLUS CEREUS; BACTERIAL TOXINS; DEPSIPEPTIDES; FEMALE; FOOD CONTAMINATION; MALE; MILK; RABBITS; VOMITING;

EID: 84973483656     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20726651     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/toxins8060156     Document Type: Article

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