Detection of an anatoxin-a(s)-like anticholinesterase in natural blooms and cultures of cyanobacteria/blue-green algae from Danish lakes and in the stomach content of poisoned birds

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Volumn 35, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 901-913

  Henriksen, Peter ^a   Carmichael, Wayne W ^b   Jisi, An ^b   Moestrup, Øjvind ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^b WRIGHT STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANATOXIN A; CHOLINESTERASE INHIBITOR;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BIRD; BLUE GREEN ALGA; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYANOBACTERIUM; DENMARK; FEMALE; LAKE; LIVER TOXICITY; MOUSE; NEUROTOXICITY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STOMACH CONTENT; TOXIN ANALYSIS;

ACETYLCHOLINESTERASE; ANIMALS; BACTERIAL TOXINS; BIOLOGICAL ASSAY; BIRDS; CELLS, CULTURED; CYANOBACTERIA; DENMARK; FRESH WATER; MARINE TOXINS; MICE; MICROCYSTINS; NEUROTOXINS; STOMACH; SURVIVAL RATE;

ALGAE; ANABAENA FLOS-AQUAE; ANABAENA LEMMERMANNII; ANIMALIA; AVES; CHLOROPHYTA; CYANOBACTERIA; FLOS;

EID: 0031172833     PISSN: 00410101     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0041-0101(96)00190-0     Document Type: Article

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