Inhibition/enhancement control
A spike of standard endotoxin added to the sample to show the matrix does not interfere. Must recover at 50–200 % or the result is invalid.
Related terms
- LAL
- Limulus amebocyte lysate. The horseshoe-crab-derived reagent whose clotting cascade detects endotoxin. Available as gel-clot, turbidimetric and chromogenic assays.
see also Gel-clot · Kinetic chromogenic
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
- All 13 glossary terms beginning with I