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LAL assay

Also: Limulus amoebocyte lysate, LAL test

An endotoxin test based on the clotting cascade of horseshoe crab amoebocyte lysate, run in gel-clot, turbidimetric or chromogenic formats. Results are traceable to a reference standard endotoxin and are sensitive to interference from the sample matrix.