microcystin
English
Etymology
From Microcystis, from which the toxin was first isolated, + -in
Noun
microcystin (countable and uncountable, plural microcystins)
- (biochemistry) Any of a class of cyclic oligopeptide hepatotoxins produced by cyanobacteria
Coordinate terms
- (cyclic oligopeptide hepatoxins from cyanobacteria): anatoxin, nodularin, saxitoxin
Translations
type of hepatotoxin
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Further reading
microcystin on Wikipedia.Wikipedia