Methods and approaches used for detection of cyanotoxins in environmental samples: A review

Critical Reviews in Environmental Science and Technology

Volumn 43, Issue 13, 2013, Pages 1349-1383

  Kaushik, Rajni ^a   Balasubramanian, Rajasekhar ^a  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

Author keywords

biological assays; biosensor; cyanobacteria; cyanotoxins; detection methods; HPLC; microcystins; PCR; total analysis system

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL ASSAYS; CYANOBACTERIA; CYANOTOXINS; DETECTION METHODS; HPLC; MICROCYSTINS; PCR; TOTAL ANALYSIS SYSTEM;

TOXIC MATERIALS; WATER QUALITY;

BIOSENSORS;

2 AMINO 3 METHYLAMINOPROPIONIC ACID; ANATOXIN A; BACTERIAL TOXIN; BACTERIUM LIPOPOLYSACCHARIDE; CYANOTOXIN; CYCLOPEPTIDE; CYLINDROSPERMOPSIN; ENDOTOXIN; MICROCYSTIN; NEOSAXITOXIN; NODULARIN; SAXITOXIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ALGAL BLOOM; BIOASSAY; CYANOBACTERIUM; DETECTION METHOD; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; LITERATURE REVIEW; MOLECULAR ANALYSIS; POISONING; SENSOR; TOXIN; WATER QUALITY;

ANABAENA; ANALYTIC METHOD; BIOASSAY; BIOINFORMATICS; BIOSENSOR; BIOTIC STRESS; CAPILLARY ELECTROPHORESIS; CAPILLARY ZONE ELECTROPHORESIS; CELL GROWTH; CHEMOLUMINESCENCE; CHROMOSOME LOSS; COLLISIONALLY ACTIVATED DISSOCIATION; COLORIMETRY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CROSS REACTION; CYANOBACTERIUM; CYLINDROSPERMOPSIS; DENATURING GRADIENT GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; DERIVATIZATION; DNA DNA HYBRIDIZATION; DNA MICROARRAY; DNA SEQUENCE; DNA STRAND BREAKAGE; ELECTROSPRAY MASS SPECTROMETRY; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; ENZYME IMMUNOASSAY; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; GENE CLUSTER; GLYCOGEN METABOLISM; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; HUMAN; HYDROPHILIC INTERACTION CHROMATOGRAPHY; IMMUNOAFFINITY CHROMATOGRAPHY; IMMUNOSENSOR; KNOWLEDGE; LIMIT OF DETECTION; MASS FRAGMENTOGRAPHY; MATRIX ASSISTED LASER DESORPTION IONIZATION TIME OF FLIGHT MASS SPECTROMETRY; MICELLAR ELECTROKINETIC CHROMATOGRAPHY; MICROBIAL DIVERSITY; MICROCYSTIS AERUGINOSA; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; NONHUMAN; NOSTOC; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; OSCILLATORIA; PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS; RANDOM AMPLIFIED POLYMORPHIC DNA; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM; REVIEW; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SOLID PHASE EXTRACTION; TANDEM MASS SPECTROMETRY; TOXIN ANALYSIS; WATER QUALITY; WATER SAMPLING; WATER SUPPLY;

EID: 84877975471     PISSN: 10643389     EISSN: 15476537     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10643389.2011.644224     Document Type: Review

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