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D-Index
63
Citations
12862
World Ranking
2503
National Ranking
167

Best Publications

  • Identification of an enzymatically formed glutathione conjugate of the cyanobacterial hepatotoxin microcystin-LR: the first step of detoxication.

    Stephan Pflugmacher;Claudia Wiegand;Axel Oberemm;Kenneth A. Beattie

  • Ecotoxicological effects of selected cyanobacterial secondary metabolites: a short review.

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  • Contribution of hot spring cyanobacteria to the mysterious deaths of Lesser Flamingos at Lake Bogoria, Kenya

    Lothar Krienitz;Andreas Ballot;Kiplagat Kotut;Claudia Wiegand

  • Possible allelopathic effects of cyanotoxins, with reference to microcystin-LR, in aquatic ecosystems.

    Stephan Pflugmacher

  • Promotion of oxidative stress in the aquatic macrophyte Ceratophyllum demersum during biotransformation of the cyanobacterial toxin microcystin-LR.

    Stephan Pflugmacher

  • Uptake and effects of microcystin-LR on detoxication enzymes of early life stages of the zebra fish (Danio rerio)

    Claudia Wiegand;Stephan Pflugmacher;Axel Oberemm;Nanke Meems

  • Uptake, tissue distribution and accumulation of microcystin-RR in Corydoras paleatus, Jenynsia multidentata and Odontesthes bonariensis. A field and laboratory study.

    Jimena Cazenave;Daniel Alberto Wunderlin;María de los Ángeles Bistoni;María Valeria Amé

  • Low-Cost Biochar Adsorbents for Water Purification Including Microplastics Removal

    Virpi Siipola;Stephan Pflugmacher;Henrik Romar;Laura Wendling

  • Toxicokinetics of atrazine in embryos of the zebrafish (Danio rerio)

    Claudia Wiegand;Eberhard Krause;Christian Steinberg;Stephan Pflugmacher

  • The effects of a cyanobacterial crude extract on different aquatic organisms: evidence for cyanobacterial toxin modulating factors.

    Constanze Pietsch;Claudia Wiegand;M. Valeria Amé;Andreas Nicklisch

  • Uptake, effects, and metabolism of cyanobacterial toxins in the emergent reed plant Phragmites australis (Cav.) Trin. ex steud

    Stephan Pflugmacher;Claudia Wiegand;Kenneth A. Beattie;Eberhard Krause

  • Differences in susceptibility of various life stages of amphibians to pesticide exposure

    Kerstin Greulich;Stephan Pflugmacher

  • Cyanobacteria and cyanobacterial toxins in the alkaline crater lakes Sonachi and Simbi, Kenya

    Andreas Ballot;Lothar Krienitz;Kiplagat Kotut;Claudia Wiegand

  • Ammonia triggers the promotion of oxidative stress in the aquatic macrophyte Myriophyllum mattogrossense.

    Jorge Nimptsch;Stephan Pflugmacher

  • Exposure to human pharmaceuticals Carbamazepine, Ibuprofen and Bezafibrate causes molecular effects in Dreissena polymorpha

    Valeska Contardo-Jara;Claudia Lorenz;Stephan Pflugmacher;Gunnar Nützmann

  • Genotype versus phenotype variability in Chlorella and Micractinium (Chlorophyta, Trebouxiophyceae).

    Wei Luo;Stephan Pflugmacher;Thomas Pröschold;Norbert Walz

  • Uptake of microcystins-LR and -LF (cyanobacterial toxins) in seedlings of several important agricultural plant species and the correlation with cellular damage (lipid peroxidation)

    Anja Peuthert;Shumon Chakrabarti;Stephan Pflugmacher

  • Immuno-crossreactivity and toxicity assessment of conjugation products of the cyanobacterial toxin, microcystin-LR

    James S. Metcalf;Kenneth A. Beattie;Stephan Pflugmacher;Geoffrey A. Codd

  • Comparative effects and metabolism of two microcystins and nodularin in the brine shrimp Artemia salina.

    Kenneth A. Beattie;Judith Ressler;Claudia Wiegand;Eberhard Krause

  • Degradation of Microcystin-RR by Sphingomonas sp. CBA4 isolated from San Roque reservoir (Córdoba – Argentina)

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Frequent Co-Authors

Christian Steinberg
Christian Steinberg INRAE : Institut national de recherche pour l'agriculture, l'alimentation et l'environnement
Geoffrey A. Codd
Geoffrey A. Codd University of Dundee
Dietmar Stephan
Dietmar Stephan Technical University of Berlin
Eberhard Krause
Eberhard Krause Leibniz Association
Werner Kloas
Werner Kloas Leibniz Association
Simon M. Mitrovic
Simon M. Mitrovic University of Technology Sydney
Peter Neubauer
Peter Neubauer Technical University of Berlin
Sang-Hyup Lee
Sang-Hyup Lee Korea Institute of Science and Technology
Lothar Krienitz
Lothar Krienitz Leibniz Association
Alessandra Cincinelli
Alessandra Cincinelli University of Florence

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