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ORIGINAL ARTICLE

Presence of the neurotoxic amino acids β-N-methylamino-L-alanine (BMAA) and 2,4-diamino-butyric acid (DAB) in shallow springs from the Gobi Desert

Derek Craighead Craighead Beringia South, Kelly, WyomingCorrespondence[email protected]
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James S. Metcalf Institute for Ethnomedicine, Jackson, Wyoming, USA; Division of Molecular Microbiology, College of Life Sciences, University of Dundee, Dundee, UK; National Center for Natural Products Research, University of Mississippi, Oxford, Mississippi, USA
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Sandra A. Banack Institute for Ethnomedicine, Jackson, Wyoming, USA
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Luvsanjamba Amgalan Institute of Biology, Mongolian Academy of Sciences, Ulaanbaatar
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Harry V. Reynolds Reynolds Alaska Wildlife Institute, Fairbanks, Alaska, USA
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Mijiddorj Batmunkh Great Gobi Special Protected Area, Bayantooroi, Gobi-Altai, Mongolia
Pages 96-100 | Received 13 Aug 2009, Accepted 21 Aug 2009, Published online: 25 Nov 2009

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