[HTML][HTML] Structural diversity, characterization and toxicology of microcystins

N Bouaïcha, CO Miles, DG Beach, Z Labidi, A Djabri… - Toxins, 2019 - mdpi.com
Hepatotoxic microcystins (MCs) are the most widespread class of cyanotoxins and the one
that has most often been implicated in cyanobacterial toxicosis. One of the main challenges …

C yanotoxins: producing organisms, occurrence, toxicity, mechanism of action and human health toxicological risk evaluation

FM Buratti, M Manganelli, S Vichi, M Stefanelli… - Archives of …, 2017 - Springer
Cyanobacteria were present on the earth 3.5 billion years ago; since then they have
colonized almost all terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems. They produce a high number of …

[HTML][HTML] Bloom dynamics of cyanobacteria and their toxins: environmental health impacts and mitigation strategies

RP Rastogi, D Madamwar… - Frontiers in microbiology, 2015 - frontiersin.org
Cyanobacteria are ecologically one of the most prolific groups of phototrophic prokaryotes in
both marine and freshwater habitats. Both the beneficial and detrimental aspects of …

Cyanobacterial toxins: biosynthetic routes and evolutionary roots

E Dittmann, DP Fewer, BA Neilan - FEMS microbiology reviews, 2013 - academic.oup.com
Cyanobacteria produce an unparalleled variety of toxins that can cause severe health
problems or even death in humans, and wild or domestic animals. In the last decade …

The cyanotoxin-microcystins: current overview

RP Rastogi, RP Sinha, A Incharoensakdi - Reviews in Environmental …, 2014 - Springer
The monocyclic heptapeptides microcystins (MCs), are a group of hepatotoxins, produced
worldwide by some bloom-forming cyanobacterial species/strains both in marine and …

Appendix 3: Tables of microcystins and nodularins

L Spoof, A Catherine - Handbook of cyanobacterial monitoring …, 2016 - Wiley Online Library
The number of known microcystin (MC) congeners has increased rapidly in recent years as
more sensitive mass spectrometric techniques have enabled the detection of MCs and …

[HTML][HTML] High Levels of Structural Diversity Observed in Microcystins from Microcystis CAWBG11 and Characterization of Six New Microcystin Congeners

J Puddick, MR Prinsep, SA Wood, SAF Kaufononga… - Marine drugs, 2014 - mdpi.com
Microcystins (MCs) are cyclic peptides produced by cyanobacteria, which can be harmful to
humans and animals when ingested. Differences in the coding of the non-ribosomal peptide …

Polyketide synthase and non-ribosomal peptide synthetase thioesterase selectivity: logic gate or a victim of fate?

ME Horsman, TPA Hari, CN Boddy - Natural product reports, 2016 - pubs.rsc.org
Covering: 1999 to 2014 Type 1, α/β hydrolase-like thioesterase (TE) domains are essential
offloading enzymes, releasing covalently bound products from fatty acid, polyketide, and non …

[HTML][HTML] Role of toxic and bioactive secondary metabolites in colonization and bloom formation by filamentous cyanobacteria Planktothrix

R Kurmayer, L Deng, E Entfellner - Harmful algae, 2016 - Elsevier
Bloom-forming cyanobacteria Planktothrix agardhii and P. rubescens are regularly involved
in the occurrence of cyanotoxin in lakes and reservoirs. Besides microcystins (MCs), which …

Carbon nanohorn sensitized electrochemical immunosensor for rapid detection of microcystin-LR

J Zhang, J Lei, C Xu, L Ding, H Ju - Analytical Chemistry, 2010 - ACS Publications
A sensitive electrochemical immunosensor was proposed by functionalizing single-walled
carbon nanohorns (SWNHs) with analyte for microcystin-LR (MC-LR) detection. The …