Cholesterol

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:

1970

Bibliographic source:

Lipids, vol.6, No. 2

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.