Microcystins

Known as: Microcystins [Chemical/Ingredient] 
Cyclic heptapeptides found in MICROCYSTIS and other CYANOBACTERIA. Hepatotoxic and carcinogenic effects have been noted. They are sometimes called… (More)
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Highly Cited
2011
Highly Cited
2011
The Cyanobacterial Hepatotoxin Microcystin Binds to Proteins and Increases the Fitness of Microcystis under Oxidative Stress Conditions
Microcystins are cyanobacterial toxins that represent a serious threat to drinking water and recreational lakes worldwide. Here… (More)
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Highly Cited
2009
Highly Cited
2009
First identification of the hepatotoxic microcystins in the serum of a chronically exposed human population together with indication of hepatocellular damage.
Hepatotoxic microcystins (MCs) are the most commonly reported cyanotoxins in eutrophic freshwaters. In 1996, human intoxications… (More)
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Highly Cited
2005
Highly Cited
2005
Organic anion transporting polypeptides expressed in liver and brain mediate uptake of microcystin.
Microcystins are toxins produced by freshwater cyanobacteria. They are cyclic heptapeptides that exhibit hepato- and… (More)
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Highly Cited
2005
Highly Cited
2005
Organ distribution and bioaccumulation of microcystins in freshwater fish at different trophic levels from the eutrophic Lake Chaohu, China.
This article reports the organ distribution and bioaccumulation of hepatotoxic microcystins (MCs) in freshwater fishes at… (More)
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Highly Cited
2005
Highly Cited
2005
Toxic cyanobacterial cells containing microcystins induce oxidative stress in exposed tilapia fish (Oreochromis sp.) under laboratory conditions.
The effects of microcystins from cyanobacterial cells on various oxidative stress biomarkers in liver, kidney and gill tissues in… (More)
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Highly Cited
2004
Highly Cited
2004
Phylogenetic evidence for the early evolution of microcystin synthesis.
Cyanobacteria are a prolific source of secondary metabolites, including compounds with toxic and enzyme-inhibiting activities… (More)
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Highly Cited
2003
Highly Cited
2003
Microcystin biosynthesis in planktothrix: genes, evolution, and manipulation.
Microcystins represent an extraordinarily large family of cyclic heptapeptide toxins that are nonribosomally synthesized by… (More)
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Highly Cited
2003
Highly Cited
2003
Microcystins (cyanobacteria hepatotoxins) bioaccumulation in fish and crustaceans from Sepetiba Bay (Brasil, RJ).
Blooms of cyanobacteria in water bodies cause serious environmental problems and the occurrence of toxic strains are also related… (More)
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Highly Cited
2001
Highly Cited
2001
Microcystin contamination in fish from the Jacarepaguá Lagoon (Rio de Janeiro, Brazil): ecological implication and human health risk.
Chronic and subchronic toxicity from exposure to microcystins, cyclic peptide liver toxins from certain cyanobacteria, poses an… (More)
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Highly Cited
1998
Highly Cited
1998
Fatal microcystin intoxication in haemodialysis unit in Caruaru, Brazil
BACKGROUND After a drought in February, 1996, all 126 patients in a haemodialysis unit in Caruaru, north-east Brazil, developed… (More)
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