Toxic cyanobacteria: a growing threat to water and air quality

HE Plaas, HW Paerl - Environmental science & technology, 2020 - ACS Publications
The global expansion of harmful cyanobacterial blooms (CyanoHABs) poses an increasing
threat to public health. CyanoHABs are characterized by the production of toxic metabolites …

Global geographical and historical overview of cyanotoxin distribution and cyanobacterial poisonings

Z Svirčev, D Lalić, G Bojadžija Savić, N Tokodi… - Archives of …, 2019 - Springer
Cyanobacteria are photoautotrophic organisms which occur in aquatic and terrestrial
environments. They have the potential to produce toxins which pose a threat to human and …

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] Cyanobacterial peptides beyond microcystins–A review on co-occurrence, toxicity, and challenges for risk assessment

EML Janssen - Water Research, 2019 - Elsevier
Cyanobacterial bloom events that produce natural toxins occur in freshwaters across the
globe, yet the potential risk of many cyanobacterial metabolites remains mostly unknown …

[图书][B] Toxic cyanobacteria in water: a guide to their public health consequences, monitoring and management

I Chorus, M Welker - 2021 - library.oapen.org
Abstract" Cyanobacterial toxins are among the hazardous substances most widely found in
water. They occur naturally, but concentrations hazardous to human health are usually due …

Toxicology of microcystins with reference to cases of human intoxications and epidemiological investigations of exposures to cyanobacteria and cyanotoxins

Z Svirčev, D Drobac, N Tokodi, B Mijović, GA Codd… - Archives of …, 2017 - Springer
Blooms of cyanobacteria have been documented throughout history, all over the world.
Mass populations of these organisms typically present hazards to human health and are …

Cyanobacterial bioactive metabolites—A review of their chemistry and biology

IS Huang, PV Zimba - Harmful algae, 2019 - Elsevier
Cyanobacterial blooms occur when algal densities exceed baseline population
concentrations. Cyanobacteria can produce a large number of secondary metabolites …

Cyanobacterial toxins: risk management for health protection

GA Codd, LF Morrison, JS Metcalf - Toxicology and applied pharmacology, 2005 - Elsevier
This paper reviews the occurrence and properties of cyanobacterial toxins, with reference to
the recognition and management of the human health risks which they may present. Mass …

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 …

Cyanobacterial toxins: removal during drinking water treatment, and human risk assessment.

BC Hitzfeld, SJ Höger, DR Dietrich - Environmental health …, 2000 - ehp.niehs.nih.gov
Cyanobacteria (blue-green algae) produce toxins that may present a hazard for drinking
water safety. These toxins (microcystins, nodularins, saxitoxins, anatoxin-a, anatoxin-a (s) …