Biomedicine in the environment: Cyclotides constitute potent natural toxins in plants and soil bacteria

Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry

Volumn 30, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 1190-1196

  Ovesen, Rikke Gleerup ^a   Brandt, Kristian Koefoed ^b   Göransson, Ulf ^c   Nielsen, John ^a   Hansen, Hans Christian Bruun ^a   Cedergreen, Nina ^a  

^a Department of Basic Sciences and Environment ^*  (Denmark)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^c UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Biomedicine; Cyclotides; Ecotoxicity; Natural toxins; True exposure concentration

Indexed keywords

BIOMEDICINE; CYCLOTIDES; ECOTOXICITY; NATURAL TOXINS; TRUE EXPOSURE CONCENTRATION;

ALGAE; AMINO ACIDS; BACTERIOLOGY; BODY FLUIDS; GENES; HERBICIDES; LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; MASS SPECTROMETRY; METABOLITES; RISK ASSESSMENT; SOILS; SORPTION;

TOXICITY;

BIOCIDE; BOVINE SERUM ALBUMIN; CYCLOTIDE; CYCLOVIOLACIN O2; HERBICIDE; KALATA B1; KALATA B2; TOXIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AGRICULTURAL PRACTICE; AQUATIC ENVIRONMENT; AQUEOUS SOLUTION; ASSAY; BACTERIUM; BIOACTIVITY; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); ECOTOXICOLOGY; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GREEN ALGA; HERB; HERBICIDE; LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; MASS SPECTROMETRY; PROTEIN; SOIL MICROORGANISM; TOXIN;

AQUEOUS SOLUTION; ARTICLE; BIOMEDICINE; GREEN ALGA; LEMNA MINOR; LETTUCE; LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; MASS SPECTROMETRY; NONHUMAN; PHYTOTOXICITY; PLANT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RUBIACEAE; SOIL MICROFLORA; TOXICITY TESTING; VIOLACEAE; WEED;

ARACEAE; BACTERIA; BIOLOGICAL PRODUCTS; CHLOROPHYTA; CYCLOTIDES; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; LETTUCE; PLANT EXTRACTS; SOIL MICROBIOLOGY; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

ALGAE; BOVINAE; CHLOROPHYTA; LACTUCA; LACTUCA SATIVA; LEMNA; LEMNA MINOR; RUBIACEAE; SELENASTRUM CAPRICORNUTUM; VIOLACEAE;

EID: 79953744090     PISSN: 07307268     EISSN: 15528618     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/etc.496     Document Type: Article

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