title: Phycotoxicity of linear alkylbenzene sulfonate.
abstract: Dose- and time-dependent effects of linear alkylbenzene sulfonate, a major component of synthetic detergent, to the blue-green alga Nostoc muscorum, were studied under laboratory conditions. Toxicity was evident, at doses above 0.001%, from the decrease in biomass, heterocyst number, and protein content and pathomorphological alterations.
authors.affiliation: Industrial Toxicology Research Centre, Mahatma Gandhi Marg, Lucknow, India.
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Chawla
authors.forename: P N
authors.initials: PN
authors.lastname: Viswanathan
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Devi
mesh_terms: D000476:Alkanesulfonates / Q000633:toxicity*; D017738:Alkanesulfonic Acids; D000458:Cyanobacteria / Q000187:drug effects* / Q000254:growth & development / Q000648:ultrastructure; D008855:Microscopy, Electron, Scanning; D014176:Protein Biosynthesis; D013501:Surface-Active Agents / Q000633:toxicity*; D014873:Water Pollutants / Q000633:toxicity*; D014874:Water Pollutants, Chemical / Q000633:toxicity*
chemical_list: D000476:Alkanesulfonates; D017738:Alkanesulfonic Acids; D013501:Surface-Active Agents; D014873:Water Pollutants; D014874:Water Pollutants, Chemical; C030641:alkylbenzyl sulfonic acid