Cyanobacterial hepatotoxins: Chemistry, biosynthesis, and occurrence

Seafood and Freshwater Toxins: Pharmacology, Physiology, and Detection, Second Edition

Volumn , Issue , 2008, Pages 825-843

  Welker, Martin ^a  

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