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Descriptor
English
:
Limulus Test
Descriptor
Spanish
:
Prueba de Limulus
Descriptor
Portuguese
:
Teste do Limulus
Tree Number:
E01.370.225.124.470
E01.370.225.875.150.570
E05.091.570
E05.200.124.470
E05.200.875.150.570
Definition
English
:
Sensitive method for detection of bacterial
endotoxins
and endotoxin-like substances that depends on the
in vitro
gelation of Limulus amebocyte lysate (LAL), prepared from the circulating
blood
(amebocytes) of the horseshoe crab, by the endotoxin or related compound. Used for detection of endotoxin in
body fluids
and parenteral pharmaceuticals.
Indexing Annotation
English
:
for detection of bact
endotoxins
using horseshoe crab
blood
History Note
English
:
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Allowable Qualifiers
English
:
CL
classification
EC
economics
ES
ethics
HI
history
IS
instrumentation
MT
methods
ST
standards
SN
statistics & numerical data
TD
trends
UT
utilization
VE
veterinary
Record Number:
8208
Unique Identifier:
D008033
Occurrence in VHL
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