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 …

A review of reproductive toxicity of microcystins

L Chen, J Chen, X Zhang, P **e - Journal of hazardous materials, 2016 - Elsevier
Animal studies provide strong evidence of positive associations between microcystins (MCs)
exposure and reproductive toxicity, representing a threat to human reproductive health and …

Oxidative stress in cyanobacteria

A Latifi, M Ruiz, CC Zhang - FEMS microbiology reviews, 2009 - academic.oup.com
Reactive oxygen species (ROS) are byproducts of aerobic metabolism and potent agents
that cause oxidative damage. In oxygenic photosynthetic organisms such as cyanobacteria …

Molecular mechanisms of microcystin toxicity in animal cells

A Campos, V Vasconcelos - International journal of molecular sciences, 2010 - mdpi.com
Microcystins (MC) are potent hepatotoxins produced by the cyanobacteria of the genera
Planktothrix, Microcystis, Aphanizomenon, Nostoc and Anabaena. These cyclic …

A review of common cyanotoxins and their effects on fish

H Falfushynska, N Kasianchuk, E Siemens, E Henao… - Toxics, 2023 - mdpi.com
Global warming and human-induced eutrophication drive the occurrence of various
cyanotoxins in aquatic environments. These metabolites reveal diversified mechanisms of …

Genotoxicity and potential carcinogenicity of cyanobacterial toxins–a review

B Žegura, A Štraser, M Filipič - Mutation Research/Reviews in Mutation …, 2011 - Elsevier
The occurrence of cyanobacterial blooms has increased significantly in many regions of the
world in the last century due to water eutrophication. These blooms are hazardous to …

Toxins produced in cyanobacterial water blooms-toxicity and risks

L Bláha, P Babica, B Maršálek - Interdisciplinary toxicology, 2009 - sciendo.com
Cyanobacterial blooms in freshwaters represent a major ecological and human health
problem worldwide. This paper briefly summarizes information on major cyanobacterial …

Oxidative stress generation by microcystins in aquatic animals: why and how

LL Amado, JM Monserrat - Environment International, 2010 - Elsevier
Microcystins (MICs) are potent toxins produced worldwide by cyanobacteria during bloom
events. Phosphatases inhibition is a well recognized effect of this kind of toxins as well as …

Cyanobacterial Harmful Algal Bloom Toxin Microcystin and Increased Vibrio Occurrence as Climate-Change-Induced Biological Co-Stressors: Exposure and Disease …

S Chatterjee, M More - Toxins, 2023 - mdpi.com
The effects of global warming are not limited to rising global temperatures and have set in
motion a complex chain of events contributing to climate change. A consequence of global …

Neurotoxicity induced by microcystins and cylindrospermopsin: A review

MG Hinojosa, D Gutiérrez-Praena, AI Prieto… - Science of the total …, 2019 - Elsevier
Microcystins (MCs) and cylindrospermopsin (CYN) are among the most frequent toxins
produced by cyanobacteria. These toxic secondary metabolites are classified as …