Comparative evaluation of pyrogens tests in pharmaceutical products Avaliação comparativa de testes de pirogênios em produtos farmacêuticos

A comparison of methodologies for detection of pyrogens in pharmaceutical products was performed. The rabbit pyrogen test was optimized and the dose-response curve was obtained for the 2nd International Standard for bacterial endotoxins, establishing 13.81 EU/mL/kg as the concentration of endotoxin...

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Main Authors: Rosimar L. Silveira, Simone S. Andrade, Cleber A. Schmidt, Renata G. Casali, Sérgio L. Dalmora
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Sociedade Brasileira de Microbiologia 2004-06-01
Series:Brazilian Journal of Microbiology
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1517-83822004000100007