Effects of Aqueous Extracts from Five Species of the Family Papaveraceae on Selected Aquatic Organisms

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Authors	JANČULA Daniel GREGOR Jakub SUCHOMELOVÁ Jana SMUTNÁ Marie GREGOR Jakub MARŠÁLEK Blahoslav FELDMANOVÁ Marie TÁBORSKÁ Eva MARŠÁLEK Blahoslav TÁBORSKÁ Eva
Year of publication	2007
Type	Article in Periodical
Magazine / Source	Enviromental Toxicology
MU Faculty or unit	Faculty of Science
Citation
Field	Plant production
Keywords	cyanobacteria; algae; toxicity; growth; benzo[c]phenanthridine alkaloids
Description	The effects of aqueous root extracts from five species of the family Papaveraceae on the growth of cyanobacteria, algae, and other non-target aquatic organisms were investigated to evaluate their potential use as algicides or cyanocides in the aquatic environment. Dicranostigma lactucoides and Sanguinaria canadensis featured the highest toxicity while Macleaya microcarpa was found to be the least toxic to all aquatic organisms tested. The Chelidonium majus extract had the best properties as a potential algicide or cyanocide because of its significant toxicity to phytoplankton and lower toxicity to non-target aquatic organisms as compared with the other Papaveraceae family members.
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