Natural Toxins Detected via Different Methods

Dear Colleagues,

Low doses of toxins can cause the poisoning or death of humans and animals. They are often doped in food processing, water, and other environments, and they also cause extremely hazardous events, which have become a worldwide public safety issue. Challenges of toxin detection include high sensitivity (due to the lethality of low-dose toxins) and the simple quick operation that prevents non-professional operators being harmed by toxins. At present, many toxins lack specific antigens and antibodies, and there is no effective clinical detection method. This Special Issue, Natural Toxins Detected via Different Methods, aims to provide different methods for the detection of natural toxins. It includes advanced immunoassays and the nucleic acid detection of toxin, the on-site and clinical detection of toxins, new detection technologies based on nano materials, etc. We hope that researchers will share their valuable research on the detection of toxins to open up unexplored areas.

Dr. Rui Xiao
Prof. Dr. Lei Guo
Guest Editors

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• toxin
• detection
• immunoassay
• nucleic acid
• nanomaterials