The first evidence of paralytic shellfish toxins in the freshwater cyanobacterium Cylindrospermopsis raciborskii, isolated from Brazil

Toxicon

Volumn 37, Issue 10, 1999, Pages 1359-1373

  Lagos, Néstor ^a   Onodera, Hideyuki ^b   Zagatto, Pedro Antonio ^c   Andrinolo, Darío ^a   Azevedo, Sandra M F Q ^d   Oshima, Yasukatsu ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHILE   (Chile)

^b TOHOKU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c Secretaria do Estado do Meio Ambiente   (Brazil)

^d FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO DE JANEIRO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Brazil; Cyanobacteria; Cylindrospermopsis raciborskii; HPLC analysis; LC MS; Paralytic shellfish toxins; Saxitoxin

Indexed keywords

NEOSAXITOXIN; SAXITOXIN;

ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; BIOASSAY; BRAZIL; CELL ISOLATION; CYANOBACTERIUM; DRUG IDENTIFICATION; DRUG ISOLATION; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; MALE; MASS SPECTROMETRY; MOUSE; NEUROTOXICITY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TAXONOMY;

ANIMALS; BIOLOGICAL ASSAY; CHROMATOGRAPHY, HIGH PRESSURE LIQUID; CYANOBACTERIA; FLUORESCENT DYES; MALE; MARINE TOXINS; MASS SPECTROMETRY; MICE; PARALYSIS; SHELLFISH;

ALGAE; CHLOROPHYTA; CYANOBACTERIA; CYLINDROSPERMOPSIS RACIBORSKII;

EID: 0033029115     PISSN: 00410101     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0041-0101(99)00080-X     Document Type: Article

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