The Identification and Toxicity of the Microcystin in the Waterbloom Obtained from an Eutrophied Lake

Biomedical and Environmental Sciences

Volumn 13, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 97-104

  Xu, Jun Kang ^b   Liu, Yan Fang ^a   Zhu, Hui Gang ^b   Ding, Wen Xing ^b  

^a WEIZMANN INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE   (Israel)

^b Weizmann Institute of Science ^*

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARCINOGEN; CYANOGINOSIN; CYCLOPEPTIDE;

ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; CYANOBACTERIUM; EUTROPHICATION; HUMAN; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; PUBLIC HEALTH;

CARCINOGENS; CYANOBACTERIA; EUTROPHICATION; HUMANS; MICROCYSTINS; PEPTIDES, CYCLIC; PUBLIC HEALTH;

EID: 0034208705     PISSN: 08953988     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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