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A Proposed Immunoassay for T-2 Toxin

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Biodeterioration Research

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Previously (Uneo, 1983; Dashek et al., 1985; Lacey, 1985) reviewed the evidence regarding the alleged utilization of certain trichothecenes as biological warfare agents and the biological effects and chemistry of the trichothecenes as well as the fungi which produce them. The agricultural commodities which have been reported to contain trichothecenes have been summarized (Dashek et al., 1985). The structures of certain trichothecenes which are known to occur in the commodities are depicted in Figure 1. Of these, the preeminent trichothecene appears to be T-2 toxin.

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  1. Department of Forensic Sciences, The George Washington University, Washington, DC, 20052, USA

    Charles E. O’Rear & Nicholas T. Lappas

  2. Department of Biology, Clark Atlanta Universtiy, J.P. Brawley Drive at Fair Street S.W., Atlanta, GA, 30314, USA

    William V. Dashek

  3. Virginia Department of Health, Bureau of Toxic Substances, 109 Governor Street, Richmond, VA, 23219, USA

    Gerald C. Llewellyn

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  2. Department of Forensic Sciences, The George Washington University, Washington, D.C., 20052, USA

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O’Rear, C.E., Lappas, N.T., Dashek, W.V., Llewellyn, G.C. (1990). A Proposed Immunoassay for T-2 Toxin. In: Llewellyn, G.C., O’Rear, C.E. (eds) Biodeterioration Research. Biodeterioration Research, vol 3. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4757-9453-3_13

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