Abstract

Microcystins are potent toxins, produced naturally by cyano-bacteria (blue green algae), and they present significant threatsto human and animal health (WHO, 1999; Chorus, 2001;Carmichael et al., 2001; Falconer, 2005; IARC, 2010; Ma et al.,2015).These cyclicpeptidesconsist offive common core aminoacids and two variable amino acids. Various combinations ofthe two variable amino acids give rise to nearly 100 variants ofmicrocystins. When the two variable amino acids in themicrocystin structure are

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