Anatoxin-A and a previously unknown toxin in Anabaena planctonica from blooms found in Lake Mulargia (Italy).

Toxicon

Department of Environmental Hygiene, Istituto Superiore di Sanità, Rome, Italy.

Published: March 1994

Algal extracts of Anabaena planctonica from Lake Mulargia in Italy were tested for toxins by mouse bioassay, the Microtox system, and GC-MS and HPLC chromatography. Anatoxin-a was identified by GC-MS after derivatization with pentafluorobenzyl bromide. Hepatotoxins were also present and are perhaps related to the microcystins present in other species of Anabaena.

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