Assessment of cyanobacteria toxins in freshwater fish: A case study of Murchison Bay (Lake Victoria) and Lake Mburo, Uganda

Toxicon

Volumn 55, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 939-946

  Nyakairu, George William Atwoki ^a   Nagawa, Christine Betty ^a   Mbabazi, Jolocam ^a  

^a MAKERERE UNIVERSITY   (Uganda)

Author keywords

Cyanobacteria; Fish; Fish parts; Freshwater; Murchison Bay

Indexed keywords

CYANOGINOSIN YR; FRESH WATER; MICROCYSTIN; MICROCYSTIN LR; MICROCYSTIN RR; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYANOBACTERIUM; FOOD CHAIN; FOOD CONTAMINATION; FOOD INTAKE; FRESHWATER FISH; GASTROINTESTINAL TRACT; INFORMATION DISSEMINATION; LAKE; LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; LIVER PARENCHYMA; MUSCLE TISSUE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK MANAGEMENT; SEASONAL VARIATION; TANDEM MASS SPECTROMETRY; THERMOSTABILITY; TOXIN ANALYSIS; UGANDA;

ANIMALS; BACTERIAL TOXINS; CYANOBACTERIA; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FISHES; FOOD CHAIN; FOOD CONTAMINATION; FRESH WATER; GASTROINTESTINAL TRACT; HUMANS; LIVER; MARINE TOXINS; MICROCYSTINS; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; NEUROTOXINS; UGANDA; WATER MICROBIOLOGY;

CYANOBACTERIA; LATES NILOTICUS; OREOCHROMIS NILOTICUS; PISCES;

EID: 77649236766     PISSN: 00410101     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.toxicon.2009.07.024     Document Type: Article

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