Microcystins
"Microcystins" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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Cyclic heptapeptides found in MICROCYSTIS and other CYANOBACTERIA. Hepatotoxic and carcinogenic effects have been noted. They are sometimes called cyanotoxins, which should not be confused with chemicals containing a cyano group (CN) which are toxic.
| Descriptor ID |
D052998
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| MeSH Number(s) |
D04.345.566.447 D12.644.641.447
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Lu H, Choudhuri S, Ogura K, Csanaky IL, Lei X, Cheng X, Song PZ, Klaassen CD. Characterization of organic anion transporting polypeptide 1b2-null mice: essential role in hepatic uptake/toxicity of phalloidin and microcystin-LR. Toxicol Sci. 2008 May; 103(1):35-45.