Journal article
Effects of Anabaena spiroides (Cyanobacteria) aqueous extracts on the acetylcholinesterase activity of aquatic species.
Abstract
The effects of aqueous extracts from a cyanobacteria species, Anabaena spiroides, on fish (Odontesthes argentinensis), crab (Callinectes sapidus), and purified eel acetylcholinesterase (AChE) activity were studied. In vitro concentrations of A. spiroides aqueous extract that inhibited 50% of enzyme activity (IC50) were 23.0, 17.2, and 45.0 mg/L of lyophilized cyanobacteria for eel, fish, and crab AChE, respectively. Eel AChE inhibition follows …
Authors
Monserrat JM; Yunes JS; Bianchini A
Journal
Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry, Vol. 20, No. 6, pp. 1228–1235
Publisher
Oxford University Press (OUP)
Publication Date
2001
DOI
10.1897/1551-5028(2001)020<1228:eoasca>2.0.co;2
ISSN
0730-7268