microcystin

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Etymology

From Microcystis, from which the toxin was first isolated, +‎ -in.

Noun

microcystin (countable and uncountable, plural microcystins)

  1. (biochemistry) Any of a class of cyclic oligopeptide hepatotoxins produced by cyanobacteria

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