Cylindrospermopsin, a cyanobacterial alkaloid: Evaluation of its toxicologic activity

Therapeutic Drug Monitoring

Volumn 22, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 89-92

  Shaw, Glen R ^a   Seawright, Alan A ^a   Moore, Michael R ^a   Lam, Paul K S ^b  

^a University of Queensland and Queensland Alliance for Environmental Health Sciences   (Australia)

^b CITY UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Cylindrospermopsin; Cylindrospermopsis; Health; Hepatotoxicity

Indexed keywords

ALKALOID; BACTERIAL TOXIN; CYLINDROSPERMOPSIN; DRINKING WATER; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BLEEDING; CELL TYPE; CYANOBACTERIUM; CYTOTOXICITY; LIVER CELL; LIVER TOXICITY; MALE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; TOXICOKINETICS; TOXIN STRUCTURE; WATER CONTAMINATION;

ANIMALS; AUSTRALIA; CELL SURVIVAL; CELLS, CULTURED; CYANOBACTERIA; DNA; DNA ADDUCTS; HEPATOCYTES; LIVER; MALE; MICE; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; SPLEEN; URACIL;

EID: 0033980562     PISSN: 01634356     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00007691-200002000-00019     Document Type: Article

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