TY - BOOK AU - Williams,Kevin L AU - Weary,Marlys AU - Jorgensen,James H TI - Endotoxins: pyrogens, LAL testing, and depyrogenation SN - 0824793625 AV - QP632.E4 P43 2001 U1 - 616.01 23 PY - 2001///] CY - New York PB - Marcel Dekker KW - Endotoxins KW - Analysis KW - Pyrogens KW - Limulus test KW - Drugs KW - Microbiology KW - analysis KW - Infusions, Parenteral KW - standards KW - Limulus Test N1 - 1st ed. was published as Pyrogens: endotoxins and LAL testing and depyrogenation, by F. C. Pearson; Includes bibliographical references and index; Historical foundations of pyrogen research; pyrogen, endotoxin, and fever - an overview; endotoxin structure, function, activity; the host response to endotoxin; non-endotoxin microbial pyrogens (lesser endotoxins and superantigens); non-microbial exogenous pyrogens and drug fever; pharmaceutical manufacturing contamination control; endotoxin as a standard; the rabbit pyrogen test; LAL discovery, mechanism, and application; LAL assay development, validation and regulation N2 - This study describes the environmental presence, detection, properties and biological structure and function of endotoxins in parenteral manufacturing. It includes chapters on asay development, automation, depyrogenation, and regulation of testing by LAL methods ER -