-
known as blue-green algae. Over 250
different microcystins have been
discovered so far, of
which microcystin-LR is the most common.
Chemically they are cyclic...
-
Microcystin-LR (MC-LR) is a
toxin produced by cyanobacteria. It is the most
toxic of the
microcystins.
Microcystins are
cyclic heptapeptides. The seven...
- aeruginosins, cyanopeptolins,
microcystins, microviridins, microginins, anabaenopeptins, and cyclamides.
Microcystins are best
studied because of their...
- one,
produce toxins such as
microcystins. Some
spirulina supplements have been
found to be
contaminated with
microcystins,
albeit at
levels below the...
-
standard analysis was for
microcystin-LR.
Blooms containing microcystin are a
problem worldwide in
freshwater ecosystems.
Microcystins are
cyclic peptides and...
- bioac****ulation.
Microcystins were
detected in the
tissue of
clams at
levels much
higher than the
ambient water around them
because of
microcystin's ability to...
-
function exists between the two, and
microcystins have been
studied in
greater detail.
Because of this,
facts from
microcystins are
often extended to nodularins...
- and
humans by the
production of
powerful toxins (cyanotoxins) such as
microcystins, saxitoxin, and cylindrospermopsin. Nowadays,
cyanobacterial blooms pose...
-
neurotoxins (lipopolysaccharides-LPSs) and
hepatotoxins (
microcystins).
Because of M. aeruginosa´s
microcystin toxin production under the
right environmental conditions...
- can
cause cancer with low
exposure over the long term. High
levels of
microcystin appeared in San
Francisco Bay Area salt-water s****fish and fresh-water...
