A photodetoxification mechanism of the cyanobacterial hepatotoxin microcystin-LR by ultraviolet irradiation

Chemical Research in Toxicology

Volumn 11, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 159-163

  Kaya, Kunimitsu ^a   Sano, Tomoharu ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CYANOGINOSIN LR; DRUG DERIVATIVE; TOXIC SUBSTANCE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CYANOBACTERIUM; DETOXIFICATION; ISOMER; LETHAL DOSE; LIVER TOXICITY; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PHOTOREACTIVITY; REACTION ANALYSIS; TOXICITY TESTING; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION;

ANIMALS; CYANOBACTERIA; ENZYME INHIBITORS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; MICE; MICE, INBRED BALB C; MICROCYSTINS; MOLECULAR STRUCTURE; PEPTIDES, CYCLIC; STEREOISOMERISM; ULTRAVIOLET RAYS;

ANIMALIA; CYANOBACTERIA;

EID: 0031890890     PISSN: 0893228X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/tx970132e     Document Type: Article

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