|Articles|September 1, 2001

LCGC North America

  • LCGC North America-09-01-2001
  • Volume 19
  • Issue 9

Detecting Mushroom Peptide Toxins in Body Fluids by Capillary Electrophoresis

The Death Cap mushroom is the cause of most mushroom-related poisonings in the world. The author has developed a highly efficient, sensitive CE technique that toxicologists and forensic analysts can use to determine the poisonous peptides in body fluids of affected patients.