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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2014 May 15.
Published in final edited form as: J Hazard Mater. 2013 Mar 14;0:355–366. doi: 10.1016/j.jhazmat.2013.02.046

Scheme 1.

Scheme 1

Structure of microcystins

(Note: nomenclature of the MCs is based on the amino acid substituents present, eg., L for leucine; R, arginine; Y, tyrosine; and A, alanine.)