The BoTest Matrix botulinum neurotoxin (BoNT) detection assays rapidly purify and quantify BoNT from a range of sample matrices. Here, we present a protocol for the detection and quantification of BoNT from both solid and liquid matrices and demonstrate the assay with BOTOX, tomatoes, and milk.
Dunning, F. M., Piazza, T. M., Zeytin, F. N., Tucker, W. C. Isolation and Quantification of Botulinum Neurotoxin From Complex Matrices Using the BoTest Matrix Assays. J. Vis. Exp. (85), e51170, doi:10.3791/51170 (2014).