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Mar Drugs

Title:		"Cyanobacterial toxins as allelochemicals with potential applications as algaecides, herbicides and insecticides"
Author(s):		Berry JP; Gantar M; Perez MH; Berry G; Noriega FG;
Address:		"Marine Science Program, Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Florida International University, 3000 NE 151 Street, North Miami, FL 33181, USA. berryj@fiu.edu"
Journal Title:		Mar Drugs
Year:		2008
Volume:		20080515
Issue:		2
Page Number:		117 - 146
DOI:		10.3390/md20080007
ISSN/ISBN:		1660-3397 (Electronic) 1660-3397 (Linking)
Abstract:		"Cyanobacteria ('blue-green algae') from marine and freshwater habitats are known to produce a diverse array of toxic or otherwise bioactive metabolites. However, the functional role of the vast majority of these compounds, particularly in terms of the physiology and ecology of the cyanobacteria that produce them, remains largely unknown. A limited number of studies have suggested that some of the compounds may have ecological roles as allelochemicals, specifically including compounds that may inhibit competing sympatric macrophytes, algae and microbes. These allelochemicals may also play a role in defense against potential predators and grazers, particularly aquatic invertebrates and their larvae. This review will discuss the existing evidence for the allelochemical roles of cyanobacterial toxins, as well as the potential for development and application of these compounds as algaecides, herbicides and insecticides, and specifically present relevant results from investigations into toxins of cyanobacteria from the Florida Everglades and associated waterways"
Keywords:		*Agrochemicals/chemistry/metabolism Animals *Bacterial Toxins/chemistry/metabolism Culicidae/growth & development Cyanobacteria/*chemistry/physiology Cyanobacteria Toxins Ecosystem Eukaryota/growth & development Florida Fresh Water Herbicides/chemistry/me;
Notes:		"MedlineBerry, John P Gantar, Miroslav Perez, Mario H Berry, Gerald Noriega, Fernando G eng ES014037/ES/NIEHS NIH HHS/ S11 ES011181-06/ES/NIEHS NIH HHS/ R21 ES014037/ES/NIEHS NIH HHS/ S11 ES011181/ES/NIEHS NIH HHS/ S11 ES11181/ES/NIEHS NIH HHS/ S11 ES011181-059001/ES/NIEHS NIH HHS/ S11 ES011181-069002/ES/NIEHS NIH HHS/ S11 ES011181-05/ES/NIEHS NIH HHS/ Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural Review Switzerland 2008/08/30 Mar Drugs. 2008 May 15; 6(2):117-46. doi: 10.3390/md20080007"