S85 | MICROCYSTINS: Over 300 Cyanotoxin Compounds

Over 300 microcystin compounds extracted from the CyanoMetDB chemical database, most of natural origin. The dataset was compiled by L. Janssen of Eawag and published by Hiba Mohammed Taha of the University of Luxembourg. It includes updates to chemical identifiers from sources like the EPA CompTox Chemicals Dashboard and PubChem.

Use Cases

• Predicting chemical properties of microcystins based on the listed compound features.
• Cross-referencing cyanotoxin identifiers across databases like PubChem and CompTox.
• Studying the diversity of naturally occurring microcystin variants.
• Supporting regulatory assessments, such as for the EPA CCL5 list, by providing a structured chemical inventory.

Strengths

• Contains over 300 distinct microcystin compounds.
• Integrates updated chemical identifiers from authoritative sources like PubChem and the EPA CompTox Dashboard.
• Retains original fields from the source CyanoMetDB database.

Limitations

• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
• Last update date is unknown; freshness unverified.

Provenance

Source

CyanoMetDB

Collection Method

Extracted and updated from the CyanoMetDB chemical database, with identifier harmonization.