| Literature DB >> 2579812 |
C Galanos, O Lüderitz, E T Rietschel, O Westphal, H Brade, L Brade, M Freudenberg, U Schade, M Imoto, H Yoshimura.
Abstract
The recently chemically synthesized Escherichia coli lipid A and the natural free lipid A of E. coli were compared with respect to their endotoxic activities in the following test systems: lethal toxicity, pyrogenicity, local Shwartzman reactivity, Limulus amoebocyte lysate gelation capacity, tumour necrotizing activity, B cell mitogenicity, induction of prostaglandin synthesis in macrophages, and antigenic specificity. It was found that synthetic and natural free lipid A exhibit identical activities and are indistinguishable in all tests.Entities:
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Year: 1985 PMID: 2579812 DOI: 10.1111/j.1432-1033.1985.tb08798.x
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Eur J Biochem ISSN: 0014-2956