Influence of drinking water composition on quantitation and biological activity of dissolved microcystin (Cyanotoxin)

Environmental Toxicology

Volumn 20, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 126-130

  Oliveira, Ana C P ^a   Magalhães, Valéria F ^a   Soares, Raquel M ^a   Azevedo, Sandra M F O ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO DE JANEIRO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Biological activity; Complexation; Metal ions; Microcystins; Quantitation; Water quality

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA; COMPLEXATION; COMPOSITION; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; HEALTH HAZARDS; IONIZATION; POTABLE WATER;

BIOLOGICAL ACTIVITIES; DEIONIZED WATER; FREE CHLORINE; MICROCYSTINS (MCYST);

TOXIC MATERIALS;

ALUMINUM; CHLORINE; CYANOGINOSIN; DRINKING WATER; IRON; PHOSPHOPROTEIN PHOSPHATASE 1;

BIOACTIVITY; DRINKING WATER; WATER QUALITY;

ACCURACY; ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; COMPLEX FORMATION; CONDUCTANCE; DECOMPOSITION; DILUTION; ENZYME INHIBITION; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; WATER CONTAMINATION;

CHLORINE COMPOUNDS; CHROMATOGRAPHY, HIGH PRESSURE LIQUID; CYANOBACTERIA; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; IRON; MICROCYSTINS; PEPTIDES, CYCLIC; SOLUBILITY; WATER; WATER SUPPLY;

ANIMALIA; CYANOBACTERIA; MUS;

EID: 17044416947     PISSN: 15204081     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/tox.20086     Document Type: Article

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