Characterization of Microcystin Products at Beagle Bioproducts, Inc

Harmful Algal Blooms (HABs) are a threat to people and the environment in part because toxins, especially microcystins in the American Midwest, can be produced by the resident cyanobacteria. Understanding this threat can be a challenge because reliable standards for monitoring toxins and for basic research purposes are not consistently available, if available at all. As a company poised to address this issue of availability, Beagle Bioproducts intends to be fully transparent about our products’ specifications, so that our customers can be confident not only in their purchases but more importantly in their conclusions. What follows is a description of how we determine the identity, purity, and quantity of our microcystin products, so the end user can have this level of confidence.