Study of acute toxicity and investigation of the presence of β-N-methylamino-L-alanine in the Gunnera manicata L. a species native to Southern Brazil

• Main Authors: Kristiane de Cássia Mariotti (Author), Fabiano Barreto (Author), Gabriela Cristina Schmitt (Author), Ivomar Zancanaro (Author), Eliane Dallegrave (Author), Rodrigo Bustos Singer (Author), Mirna Bainy Leal (Author), Renata Pereira Limberger (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Universidade de São Paulo, 2011-09-01T00:00:00Z.
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Gunnera (Gunneraceae) forms a complex association with the cyanobacterium Nostoc puctiforme L. Gunnera-Nostoc symbiosis is the only one reported involving a flowering plant, and results in the formation of the neurotoxic amino acid β-N-methylamino-L-alanine (BMAA). The species Gunnera manicata L., f...