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

• मुख्य लेखकों: Kristiane de Cássia Mariotti (लेखक), Fabiano Barreto (लेखक), Gabriela Cristina Schmitt (लेखक), Ivomar Zancanaro (लेखक), Eliane Dallegrave (लेखक), Rodrigo Bustos Singer (लेखक), Mirna Bainy Leal (लेखक), Renata Pereira Limberger (लेखक)
• स्वरूप: पुस्तक
• प्रकाशित: Universidade de São Paulo, 2011-09-01T00:00:00Z.
• विषय: article
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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...