Ptaquiloside in bracken spores from Britain

Chemosphere

Volumn 90, Issue 10, 2013, Pages 2539-2541

  Rasmussen, Lars Holm ^a   Schmidt, Bjørn ^b   Sheffield, Elizabeth ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^b TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF DENMARK   (Denmark)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Bracken; England; Ptaquiloside; Pteridium aquilinum; Scotland; Spore

Indexed keywords

CARCINOGENS; METABOLITES; WATER POLLUTION;

BRACKEN; ENGLAND; PTAQUILOSIDE; PTERIDIUM AQUILINUM; SCOTLAND; SPORE;

POTABLE WATER;

DRINKING WATER; PTAQUILOSIDE; CARCINOGEN; INDAN DERIVATIVE; SESQUITERPENE;

CANCER; CARCINOGEN; FERN; INGESTION RATE; MILK; POLLUTION EXPOSURE; PUBLIC HEALTH; RESPIRATION; SECONDARY METABOLITE; SPORE; TERPENE; TOXIN;

ARTICLE; BRACKEN FERN; MILK; NONHUMAN; UNITED KINGDOM; BACTERIAL SPORE; CHEMISTRY; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY; ULTRAVIOLET SPECTROPHOTOMETRY;

UNITED KINGDOM;

FILICOPHYTA; PTERIDIUM AQUILINUM;

CARCINOGENS; CHROMATOGRAPHY, HIGH PRESSURE LIQUID; GREAT BRITAIN; INDANS; PTERIDIUM; SESQUITERPENES; SPECTROPHOTOMETRY, ULTRAVIOLET; SPORES;

EID: 84875811301     PISSN: 00456535     EISSN: 18791298     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.chemosphere.2012.10.092     Document Type: Article

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