Seasonal dynamics of the hepatotoxic microcystins in various organs of four freshwater bivalves from the large eutrophic Lake Taihu of subtropical China and the risk to human consumption

Environmental Toxicology

Volumn 20, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 572-584

  Chen, Jun ^a   Xie, Ping ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF HYDROBIOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

Four bivalves; Human consumption; Lake Taihu; Microcystin accumulation; Organ distribution; Seasonal dynamics

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA; BIOLOGICAL ORGANS; ENVIRONMENTAL TESTING; EUTROPHICATION; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; MASS SPECTROMETRY; RISKS;

FOUR BIVALVES; HUMAN CONSUMPTION; LAKE TAIHU; MICROCYSTIN ACCUMULATION; ORGAN DISTRIBUTION; SEASONAL DYNAMICS;

CLIMATOLOGY;

CYANOGINOSIN; CYANOGINOSIN LR; CYANOGINOSIN RR; GLUTATHIONE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

CYANOBACTERIUM;

ANIMAL ANATOMY; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANODONTA WOODIANA; ARTICLE; BIOACCUMULATION; BIVALVE; CHINA; CRISTARIA PLICATA; CYANOGINOSIN YR; ELECTROSPRAY MASS SPECTROMETRY; FOOD INTAKE; FOOT; GILL; HEPATOPANCREAS; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; HYRIOPSIS CUMINGII; INTESTINE; LAKE; LAMPROTULA LEAI; LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; LIVER TOXICITY; MASS SPECTROMETRY; MUSSEL; NONHUMAN; ORGAN DISTRIBUTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; QUANTITATIVE ASSAY; SEASONAL VARIATION; VISCERAL MASS;

ANIMALS; BACTERIAL TOXINS; CHINA; CHROMATOGRAPHY, LIQUID; CLIMATE; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; EUTROPHICATION; FOOD MICROBIOLOGY; FRESH WATER; HUMANS; MASS SPECTROMETRY; MICROCYSTINS; PEPTIDES, CYCLIC; RISK FACTORS; SEASONS; SHELLFISH; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION; UNIONIDAE; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

ANIMALIA; ANODONTA WOODIANA; BIVALVIA; CRISTARIA PLICATA; CYANOBACTERIA; HYRIOPSIS CUMINGII; LAMPROTULA LEAI;

EID: 28244469035     PISSN: 15204081     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/tox.20146     Document Type: Article

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