Registration Dossier
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EC number: 200-353-2 | CAS number: 57-88-5
Toxicity to aquatic algae and cyanobacteria
Administrative data
- Endpoint:
- toxicity to aquatic algae and cyanobacteria
- Type of information:
- experimental study
- Adequacy of study:
- supporting study
- Reliability:
- 4 (not assignable)
- Rationale for reliability incl. deficiencies:
- other: Publication is insufficiently documented and not interesting to the purpose of this endpoint. However, it gives an overall indication that different algae contain a wide variety of different sterols.
Data source
Reference
- Reference Type:
- publication
- Title:
- The distribution of sterols in algae
- Author:
- Patterson, G
- Year:
- 1 970
- Bibliographic source:
- Lipids, vol.6, No. 2
Materials and methods
Results and discussion
- Details on results:
- Cholesterol is the major sterol in most Rhodophyta (red algae)
Fucosterol is the major sterol in all Phaeophyta (brown algae)
The sterols of Chlorophyta (green algae) are much more varied and complex than those of other groups of algae.
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