Assertion: horseshoe crab's blood | /r/Synonym | limulus amoebocyte lysate
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text: A clotting agent in the crab's blood, known as Limulus Amoebocyte Lysate (LAL), is used to detect microbial pathogens in medical intravenous fluids, injectable drugs, and supplies.
text: This test, based on the fact that the blood of the horseshoe crab gels or clots when it comes in contact with endotoxin, was called the Limulus amebocyte lysate (LAL)test and was commercialized in the United States in the 1970s.