microcystin

English

Etymology

From Microcystis, from which the toxin was first isolated, +‎ -in.

Noun

microcystin (countable and uncountable, plural microcystins)

1. (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