Microcystins damage liver tissue by disorganizing the cytoskeleton and inhibiting serine/threonine protein phosphatases. Liver cells shrink and blood penetrates the liver tissue. Internal bleeding may lead to haemorrhagic shock. Water pollution associated with the blooming of toxic cianobacteria as a result of intensive agriculture has been well-documented in the north-eastern Slovenia. We undertook to develop a method for isolation of … Preberite več >>