Protracted toxic effects caused by saline extracts of Aphanizomenon flos-aquae (Cyanophyceae/Cyanobacteria)

Aquatic Toxicology

Volumn 46, Issue 3-4, 1999, Pages 269-278

  Underdal, Bjarne ^a   Nordstoga, Knut ^a   Skulberg, Olav M ^b  

^a NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF LIFE SCIENCES   (Norway)

^b NORWEGIAN INSTITUTE FOR WATER RESEARCH   (Norway)

Author keywords

Aphanizomenon; Broncho interstitial lesions; Cyanotoxins; Hepatocytic damage; Histopathology; Protracted toxic effects

Indexed keywords

MARINE TOXIN; TOXIC SUBSTANCE;

ACUTE TOXICITY; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYANOBACTERIUM; CYTOTOXICITY; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; HISTOPATHOLOGY; LIVER TOXICITY; LUNG TOXICITY; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TISSUE NECROSIS; WATER POLLUTION;

EID: 0032780811     PISSN: 0166445X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0166-445X(98)00128-3     Document Type: Article

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