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

Finnish: mikrokystiini

Further reading

microcystin on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

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