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Behavioral alterations induced by repeated saxitoxin exposure in drinking water
Diehl,Felipe; Ramos,Patricia Baptista; Santos,Juliane Marques dos; Barros,Daniela Martí; Yunes,João SarkisAbstract Background Blooms of the saxitoxin-producing cyanobacterium Cylindrospermopsis raciborskii have been contaminating drinking water reservoirs in Brazil for many years. Although acute effects of saxitoxin intoxication are well known, chronic deleterious outcomes caused by repeated saxitoxin exposure still require further investigation. The aim of the present work is to investigate the effects of consumpt...
Antimycobacterial and cytotoxicity activity of microcystins
Ramos,Daniela Fernandes; Matthiensen,Alexandre; Colvara,Wilson; Votto,Ana Paula Souza de; Trindade,Gilma Santos; Silva,Pedro Eduardo Almeida daBackground The present work aimed to evaluate the antimycobacterial activity and cytotoxicity of Microcystis aeruginosa toxins, the MC-LR variant and purified extract of [D-Leu1] microcystin-LR. Methods The antimicrobial activity of M. aeruginosa extract and microcystin was evaluated by resazurin microtiter assay against Mycobacterium tuberculosis, M. terrae, M. chelonae and M. kansasii. The cytotoxicity assay ...