State of the art on cyanotoxins in water and their behaviour towards chlorine

Toxicon

Volumn 55, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 677-691

  Merel, Sylvain ^a   Clément, Michel ^a   Thomas, Olivier ^a  

^a EHESP SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (France)

Author keywords

Anatoxin; By products; Chlorination; Cyanotoxin; Cylindrospermopsin; Disinfection; Drinking water; Microcystin; Nodularin; Saxitoxin; Toxicity

Indexed keywords

ANATOXIN; CHLORINE; CYANOTOXIN; CYLINDROSPERMOPSIN; DRINKING WATER; MICROCYSTIN; NODULARIN; SAXITOXIN; TOXIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; BACTERIAL TOXIN; DISINFECTANT AGENT;

ACUTE TOXICITY; BACTERIAL OVERGROWTH; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CHLORINATION; CYANOBACTERIUM; HUMAN; HYDROLYSIS; INTOXICATION; NONHUMAN; OXIDATION; PH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SYNTHESIS; TOXICITY TESTING; WATER CONTAMINATION; CHEMISTRY;

CYANOBACTERIA;

BACTERIAL TOXINS; CHLORINE; CYANOBACTERIA; DISINFECTANTS; MOLECULAR STRUCTURE;

EID: 77953460946     PISSN: 00410101     EISSN: 18793150     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.toxicon.2009.10.028     Document Type: Review

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