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Development of a New Quantitative Method for Detection of Endotoxin by Fluorescence Labeling of 3-Hydroxy Fatty Acid

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Endotoxin

Part of the book series: Advances in Experimental Medicine and Biology ((AEMB,volume 256))

Abstract

New quantitative method for the detection of minute amounts of endotoxin has been developed using 3-hydroxytetradecanoic acid as a chemical marker. After converting 3-hydroxyteatradecanoic acid to methyl ester, it was coupled with a fluorescent probe, anthracene-9-carboxyl chloride, obtained by chlorization of 9-anthroic acid with oxalyl chloride. The resulting ester was isolated by HPLC on silica column. The purified product, methyl-3-0-(9-carboxy-anthracenyl) tetradecanoate (M/Z 462), was highly responsive to a fluorescence spectrophotometer, showing maximum emission with excitation wavelength at 257 nm and emission wavelength at 458 nm in dichloromethane, the limit of detection being as little as 10 f mol. Using this method it is currently possible to detect Salmonella abortus equi endotoxin in aqueous solution at a level of 100 pg.

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  1. National Institute of Hygienic Sciences, Setagayaku, Tokyo 158, Japan

    K. Tanamoto

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  1. The University of South Florida, Tampa, Florida, USA

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  2. Jichi Medical School, Tochigi-Ken, Japan

    Masayasu Nakano

  3. University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA

    Alois Nowotny

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Tanamoto, K. (1990). Development of a New Quantitative Method for Detection of Endotoxin by Fluorescence Labeling of 3-Hydroxy Fatty Acid. In: Friedman, H., Klein, T.W., Nakano, M., Nowotny, A. (eds) Endotoxin. Advances in Experimental Medicine and Biology, vol 256. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4757-5140-6_18

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