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ReviewMarine drugs2008

Cyanobacterial toxins as allelochemicals with potential applications as algaecides, herbicides and insecticides.

John P Berry, Miroslav Gantar, Mario H Perez, Gerald Berry, Fernando G Noriega

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In one paragraph

Review in Marine drugs, 2008. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 45 papers.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
45citing papers in PubMed
8.2field-weighted citation impact, top 2% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

45 citing papers in PubMed, 167 citations in OpenAlex.

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  4. Chemodiversity and Biotechnological Potential of Microginins.International journal of molecular sciences · 2025
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  5. Cyanobacterial blooms, iron, and environmental pollutants.Biometals : an international journal on the role of metal ions in biology, biochemistry, and medicine · 2024
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

5 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

John P BerryMarine Science Program, Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Florida International University, 3000 NE 151 Street, North Miami, FL 33181, USA. berryj@fiu.edu
Miroslav Gantar
Mario H Perez
Gerald Berry
Fernando G Noriega
Florida International University · US

Funding

Pilot--Molecular Monitoring of Toxic DinoflagellatesS11ES011181 · NIEHS · FLORIDA INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY · PI REIN, KATHLEEN S · 2001 to 2011
$6.9M
Zebrafish Embryos as a Model for Cyanobacterial ToxinsR21ES014037 · NIEHS · UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI CORAL GABLES · PI BERRY, JOHN P · 2006 to 2007
$401k
NIEHS NIH HHS ES014037NIEHS NIH HHS R21 ES014037NIEHS NIH HHS S11 ES011181NIEHS NIH HHS S11 ES11181
6 · The paper itself

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.

Indexed as

AgrochemicalsBacterial ToxinsMarine ToxinsMicrocystinsPheromonesAnimalsCulicidaeCyanobacteriaCyanobacteria ToxinsEcosystemEukaryotaFloridaFresh WaterHerbicidesInsecticidesLarvaAgrochemicalsBacterial ToxinsCyanobacteria ToxinsHerbicidesInsecticidesMarine ToxinsMicrocystinsPheromonesalgaecideallelopathyChemical ecology of cyanobacteriamosquito larvicidetoxins

Identifiers

PMID18728763
PMCPMC2525484
OpenAlexW2122095475

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