Variability of Microcystin-LR Standards Available from Seven Commercial Vendors.

ABSTRACT: Microcystins (MCs) are a large group of heptapeptide cyanobacterial toxins commonly produced in harmful algal blooms (HABs) and associated with adverse health effects in wildlife, livestock, pets, and humans. MC chemical standards are extracted from cyanobacteria biomass rather than produced synthetically and are used in water assessment methods and toxicological studies. MC standards are generally supplied in less than 1 mg quantities, and verification of the mass can only be accomplished by analytical chemistry methods using a certified reference of the specific MC for comparison. Analytical quantification of MCs in environmental samples and toxicology studies using accurate doses of test chemicals administered to experimental animals rely on the availability and accuracy of chemical sta

SUBMITTER: Hill D 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9611723 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature