β-N-Methylamino-L-alanine

β-N-methylamino-L-alanine

Last updated at: March 29, 2024

Recommended name
β-N-Methylamino-L-alanine
Synonyms
α-Amino-β-methylaminopropionic acid, (S)-2-Amino-3-(methylamino)propanoic acid
Recommended acronym
BMAA
Abbreviation

Progenitors

Name
Skeletonema marinoi
Note
Diatoms: A Novel Source for the Neurotoxin BMAA in Aquatic Environments AQC UPLC-MS/MS
Name
Gymnodinium catenatum
Note
BMAA in shellfish from two Portuguese transitional water bodies suggests the marine dinoflagellate Gymnodinium catenatum as a potential BMAA source AQC UPLC-MS/MS
Name
Thalassiosira pseudonana
Note
β-N-methylamino-L-alanine (BMAA) and isomers: Distribution in different food web compartments of Thau lagoon, French Mediterranean Sea AQC UPLC-MS/MS
Name
Leptolyngbya
Note
Strategy for quantifying trace levels of BMAA in cyanobacteria by LC/MS/MS AQC HPLC-MS/MS
Name
Planktoniella blanda
Note
Putative biosynthesis mechanism of the neurotoxin β-N-methylamino-L-alanine in marine diatoms based on a transcriptomics approach HILIC-MS/MS
Name
Thalassiosira gravida
Note
Putative biosynthesis mechanism of the neurotoxin β-N-methylamino-L-alanine in marine diatoms based on a transcriptomics approach HILIC-MS/MS
Name
Thalassiosira
Note
Diatoms: A Novel Source for the Neurotoxin BMAA in Aquatic Environments; Production of BMAA and DAB by diatoms (Phaeodactylum tricornutum, Chaetoceros sp., Chaetoceros calcitrans and, Thalassiosira pseudonana) and bacteria isolated from a diatom culture; Kinetics of β-N-methylamino-L-alanine (BMAA) and 2, 4-diaminobutyric acid (DAB) production by diatoms: the effect of nitrogen; Food web biomagnification of the neurotoxin β-N-methylamino-L-alanine in a diatom-dominated marine ecosystem in China AQC UPLC-MS/MS;HILIC-MS/MS
Name
Chaetoceros
Note
β-N-methylamino-L-alanine (BMAA) and isomers: Distribution in different food web compartments of Thau lagoon, French Mediterranean Sea; Production of BMAA and DAB by diatoms (Phaeodactylum tricornutum, Chaetoceros sp., Chaetoceros calcitrans and, Thalassiosira pseudonana) and bacteria isolated from a diatom culture; Food web biomagnification of the neurotoxin β-N-methylamino-L-alanine in a diatom-dominated marine ecosystem in China AQC UPLC-MS/MS;HILIC-MS/MS
Name
Phaeodactylum tricornutum
Note
β-N-methylamino-L-alanine (BMAA) and isomers: Distribution in different food web compartments of Thau lagoon, French Mediterranean Sea; Production of BMAA and DAB by diatoms (Phaeodactylum tricornutum, Chaetoceros sp., Chaetoceros calcitrans and, Thalassiosira pseudonana) and bacteria isolated from a diatom culture; Kinetics of β-N-methylamino-L-alanine (BMAA) and 2, 4-diaminobutyric acid (DAB) production by diatoms: the effect of nitrogen AQC UPLC-MS/MS;HILIC-MS/MS
Name
Halamphora coffeaeformis
Note
Systematic detection of BMAA (β-N-methylamino-L-alanine) and DAB (2,4-diaminobutyric acid) in mollusks collected in shellfish production areas along the French coasts HILIC-MS/MS
Name
Navicula
Note
Kinetics of β-N-methylamino-L-alanine (BMAA) and 2, 4-diaminobutyric acid (DAB) production by diatoms: the effect of nitrogen AQC UPLC-MS/MS
Name
Chaetoceros decipiens
Note
Food web biomagnification of the neurotoxin β-N-methylamino-L-alanine in a diatom-dominated marine ecosystem in China HILIC-MS/MS
Name
Pseudo-nitzschia lundholmiae
Note
Food web biomagnification of the neurotoxin β-N-methylamino-L-alanine in a diatom-dominated marine ecosystem in China HILIC-MS/MS
Name
Pseudo-nitzschia bipertita
Note
Food web biomagnification of the neurotoxin β-N-methylamino-L-alanine in a diatom-dominated marine ecosystem in China HILIC-MS/MS
Name
Pseudo-nitzschia simulans
Note
Food web biomagnification of the neurotoxin β-N-methylamino-L-alanine in a diatom-dominated marine ecosystem in China HILIC-MS/MS
Name
Pseudo-nitzschia delicatissima
Note
Food web biomagnification of the neurotoxin β-N-methylamino-L-alanine in a diatom-dominated marine ecosystem in China HILIC-MS/MS
Name
Pseudo-nitzschia
Note
Food web biomagnification of the neurotoxin β-N-methylamino-L-alanine in a diatom-dominated marine ecosystem in China HILIC-MS/MS
Name
Pseudo-nitzschia fraudulenta
Note
Food web biomagnification of the neurotoxin β-N-methylamino-L-alanine in a diatom-dominated marine ecosystem in China HILIC-MS/MS
Name
Pseudo-nitzschia multiseries
Note
Food web biomagnification of the neurotoxin β-N-methylamino-L-alanine in a diatom-dominated marine ecosystem in China HILIC-MS/MS
Name
Planktoniella blanda
Note
Food web biomagnification of the neurotoxin β-N-methylamino-L-alanine in a diatom-dominated marine ecosystem in China Putative biosynthesis mechanism of the neurotoxin β-N-methylamino-L-alanine in marine diatoms based on a transcriptomics approach HILIC-MS/MS
Name
Thalassiosira lundiana
Note
Food web biomagnification of the neurotoxin β-N-methylamino-L-alanine in a diatom-dominated marine ecosystem in China Putative biosynthesis mechanism of the neurotoxin β-N-methylamino-L-alanine in marine diatoms based on a transcriptomics approach HILIC-MS/MS
Name
Thalassiosira minima
Note
Putative biosynthesis mechanism of the neurotoxin β-N-methylamino-L-alanine in marine diatoms based on a transcriptomics approach HILIC-MS/MS

Vector Species

Name
Osmerus eperlanus
Note
Transfer of a cyanobacterial neurotoxin within a temperate aquatic ecosystem suggests pathways for human exposure AQC HPLC-MS/MS
Name
Scophthalmus maximus
Note
Transfer of a cyanobacterial neurotoxin within a temperate aquatic ecosystem suggests pathways for human exposure AQC HPLC-MS/MS
Name
Clupea harengus
Note
Transfer of a cyanobacterial neurotoxin within a temperate aquatic ecosystem suggests pathways for human exposure AQC HPLC-MS/MS
Name
Coregonus lavaretus
Note
Transfer of a cyanobacterial neurotoxin within a temperate aquatic ecosystem suggests pathways for human exposure AQC HPLC-MS/MS
Name
Ostrea edulis
Note
Transfer of a cyanobacterial neurotoxin within a temperate aquatic ecosystem suggests pathways for human exposure; Quantification of neurotoxin BMAA (β-N-methylamino-L-alanine) in seafood from Swedish markets AQC HPLC-MS/MS; AQC UPLC-MS/MS
Name
Callinectes sapidus
Note
Cyanobacterial blooms and the occurrence of the neurotoxin, beta-N-methylamino-L-alanine (BMAA), in South Florida aquatic food webs AQC LC-MS/MS
Name
Pinctada margaritifera
Note
Cyanobacterial blooms and the occurrence of the neurotoxin, beta-N-methylamino-L-alanine (BMAA), in South Florida aquatic food webs AQC LC-MS/MS
Name
Sphoeroides parvus
Note
Cyanobacterial blooms and the occurrence of the neurotoxin, beta-N-methylamino-L-alanine (BMAA), in South Florida aquatic food webs AQC LC-MS/MS
Name
Mytilus edulis
Note
Transfer of a cyanobacterial neurotoxin within a temperate aquatic ecosystem suggests pathways for human exposure; Quantification of neurotoxin BMAA (β-N-methylamino-L-alanine) in seafood from Swedish markets; Seafood sold in Sweden contains BMAA: A study of free and total concentrations with UHPLC-MS/MS and dansyl chloride derivatization; A new method for analysis of underivatized free β-methylamino-alanine: Validation and method comparison AQC HPLC-MS/MS; AQC UPLC-MS/MS;DNS HPLC-MS/MS;HILIC UPLC-MS/MS
Name
Pseudorasbora parva
Note
Occurrence and transfer of a cyanobacterial neurotoxin β-methylamino-L-alanine within the aquatic food webs of Gonghu Bay (Lake Taihu, China) to evaluate the potential human health risk AQC HPLC–MS/MS
Name
Rhodeus sinensis
Note
Occurrence and transfer of a cyanobacterial neurotoxin β-methylamino-L-alanine within the aquatic food webs of Gonghu Bay (Lake Taihu, China) to evaluate the potential human health risk AQC HPLC–MS/MS
Name
Panulirus
Note
Detection of cyanobacterial neurotoxin β-N-methylamino-L-alanine within shellfish in the diet of an ALS patient in Florida AQC LC-MS/MS
Name
Corbicula
Note
Biomagnification characteristics and health risk assessment of the neurotoxin BMAA in freshwater aquaculture products of Taihu Lake Basin, China
Name
Sphoeroides spengleri
Note
Cyanobacterial blooms and the occurrence of the neurotoxin, beta-N-methylamino-L-alanine (BMAA), in South Florida aquatic food webs AQC LC-MS/MS
Name
Lutjanus griseus
Note
Cyanobacterial blooms and the occurrence of the neurotoxin, beta-N-methylamino-L-alanine (BMAA), in South Florida aquatic food webs AQC LC-MS/MS
Name
Gerreidae
Note
Cyanobacterial blooms and the occurrence of the neurotoxin, beta-N-methylamino-L-alanine (BMAA), in South Florida aquatic food webs AQC LC-MS/MS
Name
Acanthostracion quadricornis
Note
Cyanobacterial blooms and the occurrence of the neurotoxin, beta-N-methylamino-L-alanine (BMAA), in South Florida aquatic food webs AQC LC-MS/MS
Name
Haemulon parra
Note
Cyanobacterial blooms and the occurrence of the neurotoxin, beta-N-methylamino-L-alanine (BMAA), in South Florida aquatic food webs AQC LC-MS/MS
Name
Alligator
Note
Cyanobacterial blooms and the occurrence of the neurotoxin, beta-N-methylamino-L-alanine (BMAA), in South Florida aquatic food webs AQC LC-MS/MS
Name
Callinectes sapidus
Note
Detection and quantification of β-methylamino-L-alanine in aquatic invertebrates; Linking β-methylamino-L-alanine exposure to sporadic amyotrophic lateral sclerosis in Annapolis, MD AQC LC-MS/MS;AQC HPLC-MS/MS
Name
Mytilus galloprovincialis
Note
Dietary BMAA Exposure in an Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis Cluster from Southern France; Ubiquity of the neurotoxin β-N-methylamino-L-alanine and its isomers confirmed by two different mass spectrometric methods in diverse marine mollusks; Food web biomagnification of the neurotoxin β-N-methylamino-L-alanine in a diatom-dominated marine ecosystem in China; Matrix Effect of Diverse Biological Samples Extracted with Different Extraction Ratios on the Detection of β-N-Methylamino-L-Alanine by Two Common LC-MS/MS Analysis Methods AQC UPLC-MS/MS;HILIC-MS/MS
Name
Cerastoderma edule
Note
BMAA in shellfish from two Portuguese transitional water bodies suggests the marine dinoflagellate Gymnodinium catenatum as a potential BMAA source AQC UPLC-MS/MS
Name
Caridea
Note
Quantification of neurotoxin BMAA (β-N-methylamino-L-alanine) in seafood from Swedish markets AQC UPLC-MS/MS
Name
Pleuronectes platessa
Note
Quantification of neurotoxin BMAA (β-N-methylamino-L-alanine) in seafood from Swedish markets AQC UPLC-MS/MS
Name
Clupea harengus
Note
Quantification of neurotoxin BMAA (β-N-methylamino-L-alanine) in seafood from Swedish markets AQC UPLC-MS/MS
Name
Salvelinus alpinus
Note
Quantification of neurotoxin BMAA (β-N-methylamino-L-alanine) in seafood from Swedish markets AQC UPLC-MS/MS
Name
Eriocheir
Note
Occurrence and transfer of a cyanobacterial neurotoxin β-methylamino-L-alanine within the aquatic food webs of Gonghu Bay (Lake Taihu, China) to evaluate the potential human health risk AQC HPLC–MS/MS
Name
Macrobrachium
Note
Occurrence and transfer of a cyanobacterial neurotoxin β-methylamino-L-alanine within the aquatic food webs of Gonghu Bay (Lake Taihu, China) to evaluate the potential human health risk AQC HPLC–MS/MS
Name
Procambarus clarkii
Note
Occurrence and transfer of a cyanobacterial neurotoxin β-methylamino-L-alanine within the aquatic food webs of Gonghu Bay (Lake Taihu, China) to evaluate the potential human health risk AQC HPLC–MS/MS
Name
Carassius auratus
Note
Occurrence and transfer of a cyanobacterial neurotoxin β-methylamino-L-alanine within the aquatic food webs of Gonghu Bay (Lake Taihu, China) to evaluate the potential human health risk AQC HPLC–MS/MS
Name
Cyprinus
Note
Occurrence and transfer of a cyanobacterial neurotoxin β-methylamino-L-alanine within the aquatic food webs of Gonghu Bay (Lake Taihu, China) to evaluate the potential human health risk AQC HPLC–MS/MS
Name
Erythroculter
Note
Occurrence and transfer of a cyanobacterial neurotoxin β-methylamino-L-alanine within the aquatic food webs of Gonghu Bay (Lake Taihu, China) to evaluate the potential human health risk AQC HPLC–MS/MS
Name
Hemiramphus
Note
Occurrence and transfer of a cyanobacterial neurotoxin β-methylamino-L-alanine within the aquatic food webs of Gonghu Bay (Lake Taihu, China) to evaluate the potential human health risk AQC HPLC–MS/MS
Name
Hypophthalmichthys molitrix
Note
Occurrence and transfer of a cyanobacterial neurotoxin β-methylamino-L-alanine within the aquatic food webs of Gonghu Bay (Lake Taihu, China) to evaluate the potential human health risk AQC HPLC–MS/MS
Name
Neosalanx
Note
Occurrence and transfer of a cyanobacterial neurotoxin β-methylamino-L-alanine within the aquatic food webs of Gonghu Bay (Lake Taihu, China) to evaluate the potential human health risk AQC HPLC–MS/MS
Name
Parabramis pekinensis
Note
Occurrence and transfer of a cyanobacterial neurotoxin β-methylamino-L-alanine within the aquatic food webs of Gonghu Bay (Lake Taihu, China) to evaluate the potential human health risk AQC HPLC–MS/MS
Name
Pelteobagrus
Note
Occurrence and transfer of a cyanobacterial neurotoxin β-methylamino-L-alanine within the aquatic food webs of Gonghu Bay (Lake Taihu, China) to evaluate the potential human health risk AQC HPLC–MS/MS
Name
Protosalanx hyalocranius
Note
Occurrence and transfer of a cyanobacterial neurotoxin β-methylamino-L-alanine within the aquatic food webs of Gonghu Bay (Lake Taihu, China) to evaluate the potential human health risk AQC HPLC–MS/MS
Name
Cyprinus carpio
Note
Detection of Cyanotoxins, β-N-methylamino-L-alanine and Microcystins, from a Lake Surrounded by Cases of Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis AQC LC-MS/MS
Name
Abramis brama
Note
Biotransfer of β-N-Methylamino-L-alanine (BMAA) in a Eutrophicated Freshwater Lake AQC UPLC-MS/MS
Name
Perca fluviatilis
Note
Biotransfer of β-N-Methylamino-L-alanine (BMAA) in a Eutrophicated Freshwater Lake AQC UPLC-MS/MS
Name
Esox lucius
Note
Biotransfer of β-N-Methylamino-L-alanine (BMAA) in a Eutrophicated Freshwater Lake AQC UPLC-MS/MS
Name
Sander lucioperca
Note
Biotransfer of β-N-Methylamino-L-alanine (BMAA) in a Eutrophicated Freshwater Lake AQC UPLC-MS/MS
Name
Gymnocephalus cernua
Note
Biotransfer of β-N-Methylamino-L-alanine (BMAA) in a Eutrophicated Freshwater Lake AQC UPLC-MS/MS
Name
Anguilla anguilla
Note
Biotransfer of β-N-Methylamino-L-alanine (BMAA) in a Eutrophicated Freshwater Lake AQC UPLC-MS/MS
Name
Perna canaliculus
Note
Seafood sold in Sweden contains BMAA: A study of free and total concentrations with UHPLC-MS/MS and dansyl chloride derivatization DNS UPLC-MS/MS
Name
Placopecten magellanicus
Note
Seafood sold in Sweden contains BMAA: A study of free and total concentrations with UHPLC-MS/MS and dansyl chloride derivatization DNS UPLC-MS/MS
Name
Mytilus
Note
New Typical Vector of Neurotoxin β-N-Methylamino-L-Alanine (BMAA) in the Marine Benthic Ecosystem; Systematic detection of BMAA (β-N-methylamino-L-alanine) and DAB (2,4-diaminobutyric acid) in mollusks collected in shellfish production areas along the French coasts; Ubiquity of the neurotoxin β-N-methylamino-L-alanine and its isomers confirmed by two different mass spectrometric methods in diverse marine mollusks HILIC-MS/MS
Name
Solen strictus
Note
New Typical Vector of Neurotoxin β-N-Methylamino-L-Alanine (BMAA) in the Marine Benthic Ecosystem HILIC-MS/MS
Name
Neverita didyma
Note
New Typical Vector of Neurotoxin β-N-Methylamino-L-Alanine (BMAA) in the Marine Benthic Ecosystem; Ubiquity of the neurotoxin β-N-methylamino-L-alanine and its isomers confirmed by two different mass spectrometric methods in diverse marine mollusks; Food web biomagnification of the neurotoxin β-N-methylamino-L-alanine in a diatom-dominated marine ecosystem in China HILIC-MS/MS
Name
Crassostrea
Note
Quantification of neurotoxin BMAA (β-N-methylamino-L-alanine) in seafood from Swedish markets; Systematic detection of BMAA (β-N-methylamino-L-alanine) and DAB (2,4-diaminobutyric acid) in mollusks collected in shellfish production areas along the French coasts; Ubiquity of the neurotoxin β-N-methylamino-L-alanine and its isomers confirmed by two different mass spectrometric methods in diverse marine mollusks; Food web biomagnification of the neurotoxin β-N-methylamino-L-alanine in a diatom-dominated marine ecosystem in China; Matrix Effect of Diverse Biological Samples Extracted with Different Extraction Ratios on the Detection of β-N-Methylamino-L-Alanine by Two Common LC-MS/MS Analysis Methods AQC LC-MS/MS;HILIC-MS/MS
Name
Phocoena
Note
A collaborative evaluation of LC-MS/MS based methods for BMAA analysis: Soluble bound BMAA found to be an important fraction HILIC-MS/MS
Name
Galeocerdo cuvier
Note
Cyanobacterial Neurotoxin BMAA and Mercury in Sharks AQC UPLC-MS/MS
Name
Chlamys
Note
Ubiquity of the neurotoxin β-N-methylamino-L-alanine and its isomers confirmed by two different mass spectrometric methods in diverse marine mollusks; Food web biomagnification of the neurotoxin β-N-methylamino-L-alanine in a diatom-dominated marine ecosystem in China HILIC-MS/MS
Name
Patinopecten
Note
Ubiquity of the neurotoxin β-N-methylamino-L-alanine and its isomers confirmed by two different mass spectrometric methods in diverse marine mollusks HILIC-MS/MS
Name
Clinocardium
Note
Ubiquity of the neurotoxin β-N-methylamino-L-alanine and its isomers confirmed by two different mass spectrometric methods in diverse marine mollusks HILIC-MS/MS
Name
Ruditapes philippinarum
Note
Ubiquity of the neurotoxin β-N-methylamino-L-alanine and its isomers confirmed by two different mass spectrometric methods in diverse marine mollusks; Food web biomagnification of the neurotoxin β-N-methylamino-L-alanine in a diatom-dominated marine ecosystem in China HILIC-MS/MS
Name
Mactra
Note
Ubiquity of the neurotoxin β-N-methylamino-L-alanine and its isomers confirmed by two different mass spectrometric methods in diverse marine mollusks HILIC-MS/MS
Name
Atrina pectinata
Note
Ubiquity of the neurotoxin β-N-methylamino-L-alanine and its isomers confirmed by two different mass spectrometric methods in diverse marine mollusks; Food web biomagnification of the neurotoxin β-N-methylamino-L-alanine in a diatom-dominated marine ecosystem in China HILIC-MS/MS
Name
Mactra
Note
Ubiquity of the neurotoxin β-N-methylamino-L-alanine and its isomers confirmed by two different mass spectrometric methods in diverse marine mollusks HILIC-MS/MS
Name
Callista chinensis
Note
Ubiquity of the neurotoxin β-N-methylamino-L-alanine and its isomers confirmed by two different mass spectrometric methods in diverse marine mollusks HILIC-MS/MS
Name
Dosinia japonica
Note
Ubiquity of the neurotoxin β-N-methylamino-L-alanine and its isomers confirmed by two different mass spectrometric methods in diverse marine mollusks HILIC-MS/MS
Name
Tegillarca granosa
Note
Ubiquity of the neurotoxin β-N-methylamino-L-alanine and its isomers confirmed by two different mass spectrometric methods in diverse marine mollusks HILIC-MS/MS
Name
Saxidomus purpurata
Note
Ubiquity of the neurotoxin β-N-methylamino-L-alanine and its isomers confirmed by two different mass spectrometric methods in diverse marine mollusks HILIC-MS/MS
Name
Callista
Note
Ubiquity of the neurotoxin β-N-methylamino-L-alanine and its isomers confirmed by two different mass spectrometric methods in diverse marine mollusks HILIC-MS/MS
Name
Cyclina sinensis
Note
Ubiquity of the neurotoxin β-N-methylamino-L-alanine and its isomers confirmed by two different mass spectrometric methods in diverse marine mollusks HILIC-MS/MS
Name
Gomphina
Note
Ubiquity of the neurotoxin β-N-methylamino-L-alanine and its isomers confirmed by two different mass spectrometric methods in diverse marine mollusks HILIC-MS/MS
Name
Mercenaria mercenaria
Note
Ubiquity of the neurotoxin β-N-methylamino-L-alanine and its isomers confirmed by two different mass spectrometric methods in diverse marine mollusks HILIC-MS/MS
Name
Solen strictus
Note
Ubiquity of the neurotoxin β-N-methylamino-L-alanine and its isomers confirmed by two different mass spectrometric methods in diverse marine mollusks HILIC-MS/MS
Name
Meretrix meretrix
Note
Ubiquity of the neurotoxin β-N-methylamino-L-alanine and its isomers confirmed by two different mass spectrometric methods in diverse marine mollusks HILIC-MS/MS
Name
Mactra chinensis
Note
Ubiquity of the neurotoxin β-N-methylamino-L-alanine and its isomers confirmed by two different mass spectrometric methods in diverse marine mollusks HILIC-MS/MS
Name
Neptunea arthritica
Note
Ubiquity of the neurotoxin β-N-methylamino-L-alanine and its isomers confirmed by two different mass spectrometric methods in diverse marine mollusks HILIC-MS/MS
Name
Neptunea
Note
Ubiquity of the neurotoxin β-N-methylamino-L-alanine and its isomers confirmed by two different mass spectrometric methods in diverse marine mollusks HILIC-MS/MS
Name
Neptunea cumingii
Note
Ubiquity of the neurotoxin β-N-methylamino-L-alanine and its isomers confirmed by two different mass spectrometric methods in diverse marine mollusks HILIC-MS/MS
Name
Laguncula pulchella
Note
Ubiquity of the neurotoxin β-N-methylamino-L-alanine and its isomers confirmed by two different mass spectrometric methods in diverse marine mollusks HILIC-MS/MS
Name
Rapana venosa
Note
Ubiquity of the neurotoxin β-N-methylamino-L-alanine and its isomers confirmed by two different mass spectrometric methods in diverse marine mollusks HILIC-MS/MS
Name
Reishia luteostoma
Note
Ubiquity of the neurotoxin β-N-methylamino-L-alanine and its isomers confirmed by two different mass spectrometric methods in diverse marine mollusks HILIC-MS/MS
Name
Turbo
Note
Ubiquity of the neurotoxin β-N-methylamino-L-alanine and its isomers confirmed by two different mass spectrometric methods in diverse marine mollusks HILIC-MS/MS
Name
Asterias amurensis
Note
Ubiquity of the neurotoxin β-N-methylamino-L-alanine and its isomers confirmed by two different mass spectrometric methods in diverse marine mollusks HILIC-MS/MS
Name
Smilium scorpio
Note
Ubiquity of the neurotoxin β-N-methylamino-L-alanine and its isomers confirmed by two different mass spectrometric methods in diverse marine mollusks HILIC-MS/MS
Name
Macrobrachium
Note
Biomagnification characteristics and health risk assessment of the neurotoxin BMAA in freshwater aquaculture products of Taihu Lake Basin, China AQC HPLC-MS/MS
Name
Eriocheir sinensis
Note
Biomagnification characteristics and health risk assessment of the neurotoxin BMAA in freshwater aquaculture products of Taihu Lake Basin, China AQC HPLC-MS/MS
Name
Ctenopharyngodon idella
Note
Biomagnification characteristics and health risk assessment of the neurotoxin BMAA in freshwater aquaculture products of Taihu Lake Basin, China AQC HPLC-MS/MS
Name
Mylopharyngodon piceus
Note
Biomagnification characteristics and health risk assessment of the neurotoxin BMAA in freshwater aquaculture products of Taihu Lake Basin, China AQC HPLC-MS/MS
Name
Sinonovacula constricta
Note
Food web biomagnification of the neurotoxin β-N-methylamino-L-alanine in a diatom-dominated marine ecosystem in China HILIC-MS/MS
Name
Solenocera melantho
Note
Food web biomagnification of the neurotoxin β-N-methylamino-L-alanine in a diatom-dominated marine ecosystem in China HILIC-MS/MS
Name
Zoarces elongatus
Note
Food web biomagnification of the neurotoxin β-N-methylamino-L-alanine in a diatom-dominated marine ecosystem in China HILIC-MS/MS
Name
Patinopecten
Note
Matrix Effect of Diverse Biological Samples Extracted with Different Extraction Ratios on the Detection of β-N-Methylamino-L-Alanine by Two Common LC-MS/MS Analysis Methods HILIC-MS/MS

References

Jiang, L., 2014
Diatoms: A Novel Source for the Neurotoxin BMAA in Aquatic Environments
Zhao, P., 2022
Matrix Effect of Diverse Biological Samples Extracted with Different Extraction Ratios on the Detection of β-N-Methylamino-L-Alanine by Two Common LC-MS/MS Analysis Methods
Jonasson, S., 2010
Transfer of a cyanobacterial neurotoxin within a temperate aquatic ecosystem suggests pathways for human exposure
Brand, L. E., 2010
Cyanobacterial blooms and the occurrence of the neurotoxin, beta-N-methylamino-L-alanine (BMAA), in South Florida aquatic food webs
Christensen, Stephanie J., 2012
Detection and quantification of β-methylamino-L-alanine in aquatic invertebrates
Contardo-Jara, V., 2013
Linking β-methylamino-L-alanine exposure to sporadic amyotrophic lateral sclerosis in Annapolis, MD
Jiang, L., 2013
Strategy for quantifying trace levels of BMAA in cyanobacteria by LC/MS/MS
Jiang, L., 2013
Strategy for quantifying trace levels of BMAA in cyanobacteria by LC/MS/MS
Masseret, E., 2013
Dietary BMAA Exposure in an Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis Cluster from Southern France
Lage, S., 2014
BMAA in shellfish from two Portuguese transitional water bodies suggests the marine dinoflagellate Gymnodinium catenatum as a potential BMAA source
Jiang, L., 2014
Quantification of neurotoxin BMAA (β-N-methylamino-L-alanine) in seafood from Swedish markets
Jiao, Y., 2014
Occurrence and transfer of a cyanobacterial neurotoxin β-methylamino-L-alanine within the aquatic food webs of Gonghu Bay (Lake Taihu, China) to evaluate the potential human health risk
Banack, S. A., 2014
Detection of cyanobacterial neurotoxin β-N-methylamino-L-alanine within shellfish in the diet of an ALS patient in Florida
Banack, S. A., 2015
Detection of Cyanotoxins, β-N-methylamino-L-alanine and Microcystins, from a Lake Surrounded by Cases of Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis
Lage, S., 2015
Biotransfer of β-N-Methylamino-L-alanine (BMAA) in a Eutrophicated Freshwater Lake
Salomonsson, M. L., 2015
Seafood sold in Sweden contains BMAA: A study of free and total concentrations with UHPLC-MS/MS and dansyl chloride derivatization
Reveillon, D., 2015
β-N-methylamino-L-alanine (BMAA) and isomers: Distribution in different food web compartments of Thau lagoon, French Mediterranean Sea
Li, A., 2016
New Typical Vector of Neurotoxin β-N-Methylamino-L-Alanine (BMAA) in the Marine Benthic Ecosystem
Reveillon, D., 2016
Production of BMAA and DAB by diatoms (Phaeodactylum tricornutum, Chaetoceros sp., Chaetoceros calcitrans and, Thalassiosira pseudonana) and bacteria isolated from a diatom culture
Reveillon, D., 2016
Systematic detection of BMAA (β-N-methylamino-L-alanine) and DAB (2,4-diaminobutyric acid) in mollusks collected in shellfish production areas along the French coasts
Edwards, C., 2016
A collaborative evaluation of LC-MS/MS based methods for BMAA analysis: Soluble bound BMAA found to be an important fraction
Rosén, J., 2016
A new method for analysis of underivatized free β-methylamino-alanine: Validation and method comparison
Lage, Sandra, 2018
Kinetics of β-N-methylamino-L-alanine (BMAA) and 2, 4-diaminobutyric acid (DAB) production by diatoms: the effect of nitrogen
Li, A., 2018
Ubiquity of the neurotoxin β-N-methylamino-L-alanine and its isomers confirmed by two different mass spectrometric methods in diverse marine mollusks
Wu, X., 2019
Biomagnification characteristics and health risk assessment of the neurotoxin BMAA in freshwater aquaculture products of Taihu Lake Basin, China
Wang, C., 2021
Food web biomagnification of the neurotoxin β-N-methylamino-L-alanine in a diatom-dominated marine ecosystem in China
Li, A., 2023
Putative biosynthesis mechanism of the neurotoxin β-N-methylamino-L-alanine in marine diatoms based on a transcriptomics approach
Structure
Formula
C4H10N2O2
Exact mono-isotopic mass
118.0742
Molfile
n/a
Alternative molfiles
n/a
SMILES
CNCC(N)C(O)=O
Alternative SMILES
CNC[C@H](N)C(O)=O
InChi key
UJVHVMNGOZXSOZ-VKHMYHEASA-N
Alternative InChi keys
n/a
InChi
InChI=1S/C4H10N2O2/c1-6-2-3(5)4(7)8/h3,6H,2,5H2,1H3,(H,7,8)/t3-/m0/s1
Alternative InChis
Spectra available
Unknown
Chem files

References

A. Vega, 1967
α-Amino-β-methylaminopropionic acid, a new amino acid from seeds of Cycas circinalis
Nunn, P. B., 1989
The interaction of β-N-methylamino-L-alanine with bicarbonate: an 1H-NMR study
Certified
False
Certified links
    n/a
Non certified reference material
Unknown

Chemical analysis

Research
True
Standardized
False
Validated
True
Official
n/a

Structure recognition assays

Research
True
Standardized
Unknown
Validated
Unknown
Official
n/a

Functional assays

Research
Unknown
Standardized
Unknown
Validated
Unknown
Official
n/a

Animal assays

Research
True
Standardized
False
Validated
True
Official
n/a

References

Li, A., 2018
Ubiquity of the neurotoxin β-N-methylamino-L-alanine and its isomers confirmed by two different mass spectrometric methods in diverse marine mollusks
Regulatory status
False
Human toxic syndrome(s)
n/a
Organ system toxicity
Neurotoxicity
Risk assessment
True
Molecular targets known
Unknown
Molecular targets
n/a
Toxic to aquatic animals
True
TEF available
Unknown

Risk assessment References

Wu, X., 2019
Biomagnification characteristics and health risk assessment of the neurotoxin BMAA in freshwater aquaculture products of Taihu Lake Basin, China
Notes
Philipp Hess
Contact
Aifeng Li
Contact
Christopher Miles
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