Analysis of BMAA enantiomers in cycads, cyanobacteria, and mammals: in vivo formation and toxicity of d-BMAA
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DOI: 10.1007/s00726-017-2445-y
Abstract: Chronic dietary exposure to the cyanobacterial toxin β-N-methylamino-l-alanine (BMAA) triggers neuropathology in non-human primates, providing support for the theory that BMAA causes a fatal neurodegenerative illness among the indigenous Chamorro people of Guam. However, since… read more here.
Keywords: enantiomers cycads; analysis bmaa; bmaa enantiomers; toxicity ... See more keywords