Isolation and toxicity of Cylindrospermopsis raciborskii from an ornamental lake

Toxicon

Volumn 35, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 341-346

  Hawkins, Peter R ^a   Chandrasena, Nimal R ^a   Jones, Gary J ^b   Humpage, Andrew R ^c   Falconer, Ian R ^c  

^a AWT EnSight   (Australia)

^b CSIRO   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CYLINDROSPERMOPSIN; DRINKING WATER; TOXIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; CELL CULTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYANOBACTERIUM; DIGESTIVE SYSTEM INJURY; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; LIVER TOXICITY; LUNG TOXICITY; MALE; MOUSE; NEPHROTOXICITY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TOXICITY; ULTRAVIOLET SPECTROPHOTOMETRY; WATER SUPPLY;

ALKALOIDS; ANIMALS; CHROMATOGRAPHY, HIGH PRESSURE LIQUID; CYANOBACTERIA; FRESH WATER; INJECTIONS, INTRAPERITONEAL; LETHAL DOSE 50; MALE; MICE;

ANIMALIA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CYLINDROSPERMOPSIS; CYLINDROSPERMOPSIS RACIBORSKII;

EID: 0031106797     PISSN: 00410101     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0041-0101(96)00185-7     Document Type: Article

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