Evaluation of microcystin contamination in blue-green algal dietary supplements using a protein phosphatase inhibition-based test kit
The cyanobacterium Aphanizomenon flos-aquae (AFA), from Upper-Klamath Lake, Oregon, are used to produce blue-green algal (BGA) dietary supplements. The periodic co-occurrence of hepatotoxin-producing contaminant species prompted the Oregon Health Division to establish a limit of 1 μg/g microcystin (...
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| Language: | English |
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Elsevier
2018-03-01
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| Online Access: | http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2405844017324519 |