Bacterial endotoxin
Lipopolysaccharide from gram-negative bacterial outer membranes. Pyrogenic, filter-passing, autoclave-stable, and invisible to every chromatographic method.
Related terms
- LAL
- Limulus amebocyte lysate. The horseshoe-crab-derived reagent whose clotting cascade detects endotoxin. Available as gel-clot, turbidimetric and chromogenic assays.
- Endotoxin unit (EU)
- The activity unit for bacterial endotoxin, defined against a reference standard. Roughly 0.1–0.2 ng of E. coli LPS per EU.
see also Gel-clot · Kinetic chromogenic
see also Bacterial endotoxin
Where this term appears
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- Assay report records — the term appears in result tables, peak tables and provenance blocks
- Method references — where the measurement behind the term is defined
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