Advanced Research on Cyanotoxins: Toxic Mechanisms, Toxicological Effects, and Analytical Aspects
A special issue of Toxins (ISSN 2072-6651). This special issue belongs to the section "Marine and Freshwater Toxins".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (15 June 2023) | Viewed by 3327
Special Issue Editors
Interests: toxicology; genotoxicity; cylindrospermopsin; microcystins; in vivo; in vitro; food safety; toxicological evaluation; method validation
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Interests: toxicology; food safety; cyanotoxins; microcystins; cylindrospermopsin; UPLC-MS/MS analyses; method validation; neurotoxicity; bioaccessibility
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Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Due to global climate change, anthropogenic activities and/or the increase in nutrient loads, the occurrence of harmful algal blooms (HABs) in waterbodies is increasing worldwide. They require attention due to the production of cyanotoxins, toxic secondary metabolites that are released to the water. Thus, a wide variety of organisms, including plants, animals, and humans, are targets of cyanotoxin exposure and potential intoxication, with the increasing concern that these toxins represent human, environmental, and economic risks across many countries. This Special Issue aims to gather new studies or review articles related to different aspects of cyanobacteria and cyanotoxins, such as their mechanisms of toxicity and the toxicological effects that they exert at different levels, both in vitro and in vivo. We have special interest not only in the effects of individual toxins, but also in those produced by their combination, as this represents a more realistic scenario, as well as combinations with other contaminants. Special interest is given to the validation of robust analytical methods for the determination of cyanotoxins in different matrices (water, food, soil, and biological samples), and in vitro and in vivo studies to determine the mechanisms involved in its toxicity, clarifying its toxicological profile. Moreover, studies of other new bioactive compounds from cyanobacteria are welcome in this Special Issue. All contributions addressing data gaps in the aforementioned subjects are welcome in this Special Issue.
Dr. Leticia Díez-Quijada
Dr. Remedios Guzmán-Guillén
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- microcystins
- cylindrospermopsin
- in vitro
- in vivo
- toxicological profile
- risk assessment
- analytics
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