FIRST DETERMINATION OF CYLINDROSPERMOPSIN IN DRINKING WATER CHAIN OF VICO LAKE WITH SPE-LC-MS/MS
The incidence of cyanobacterial harmful algal blooms (CHABs) is increasing in Italy and worldwide. Cyanotoxins cause a substantial amount of human and animal poisoning from exposures in drinking-source and potable waters.
Cylindrospermopsin (CYN) is a hepatotoxin and nephrotoxic cyanobacterial produced by Cylindrospermopsis raciborskii and other cyanobacteria such as Umezakia natans, Aphanizomenon ovalisporum and Raphidiopsis curvata; it is also considered a potential carcinogen.