Hepatotoxic microcystin diversity in cyanobacterial blooms collected in Portuguese freshwaters

Water Research

Volumn 30, Issue 10, 1996, Pages 2377-2384

  Vasconcelos, V M ^a   Sivonen, K ^e   Evans, W R ^b   Carmichael, W W ^b   Namikoshi, M ^c,d  

^a Departamento de Zoologia e Antropologia   (Portugal)

^b WRIGHT STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

^d JAPAN SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AGENCY   (Japan)

^e NONE

Author keywords

Bloom; Cyanobacteria; Hepatotoxins; Isolation; Microcystins; Portugal

Indexed keywords

CYANOGINOSIN; FRESH WATER;

AMINO ACID ANALYSIS; ANABAENA; ARTICLE; BIOASSAY; CYANOBACTERIUM; EUTROPHICATION; FAST ATOM BOMBARDMENT MASS SPECTROMETRY; LD 50; LIVER TOXICITY; NOSTOC; PORTUGAL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVERSED PHASE HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; WATER CONTAMINATION;

ANABAENA; ANABAENA FLOS-AQUAE; CYANOBACTERIA; FLOS; MICROCYSTIS AERUGINOSA; MICROCYSTIS WESENBERGII; NOSTOC; NOSTOC SP.;

CYANOBACTERIA; FRESHWATER QUALITY; MICROCYSTIN; TOXICITY;

BACTERIA; BIOASSAY; EXTRACTION; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; MASS SPECTROMETRY; PURIFICATION; TOXICITY; WATER ANALYSIS;

AMINO ACID ANALYSIS; CYANOBACTERIAL BLOOMS; FAST ATOM BOMBARDMENT MASS SPECTROMETRY; HEPATOTOXINS; MICROCYSTINS; PORTUGAL; PORTUGUESE FRESHWATERS;

SURFACE WATERS;

EID: 0030251088     PISSN: 00431354     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0043-1354(96)00152-2     Document Type: Article

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