Mouse N2a Neuroblastoma Assay: Uncertainties and Comparison with Alternative Cell-Based Assays for Ciguatoxin Detection [PDF]
Marine Drugs, 2023 The growing concern about ciguatera fish poisoning (CF) due to the expansion of the microorganisms producing ciguatoxins (CTXs) increased the need to develop a reliable and fast method for ciguatoxin detection to guarantee food safety. Cytotoxicity assay
Sandra Raposo-Garcia +6 more
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Facile Synthesis of Molecularly Imprinted Ratiometric Fluorescence Sensor for Ciguatoxin P-CTX-3C Detection in Fish [PDF]
Foods, 2022 Ciguatoxin (CTX) detection methods are essential due to the serious hazard that bioaccumulation in fish and transmission along the food chain poses to human health.
Zhenke Qi +3 more
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Establishing a Receptor Binding Assay for Ciguatoxins: Challenges, Assay Performance and Application [PDF]
ToxinsCiguatera, a global issue, lacks adequate capacity for ciguatoxin analysis in most affected countries. The Caribbean region, known for its endemic ciguatera and being home to a majority of the global small island developing states, particularly needs ...
Lisbet Díaz-Asencio +4 more
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Clinical Characteristics of Ciguatera Poisoning in Martinique, French West Indies—A Case Series [PDF]
Toxins, 2022 Ciguatera poisoning (CP) is one of the most common causes worldwide of marine poisoning associated with fish consumption from tropical areas. Its incidence is underreported. CP cases seem to increase with grouped cases reported during summer. Exposure to
Dabor Résière +11 more
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Modelling the Bioaccumulation of Ciguatoxins in Parrotfish on the Great Barrier Reef Reveals Why Biomagnification Is Not a Property of Ciguatoxin Food Chains [PDF]
ToxinsWe adapt previously developed conceptual and numerical models of ciguateric food chains on the Great Barrier Reef, Australia, to model the bioaccumulation of ciguatoxins (CTXs) in parrotfish, the simplest food chain with only two trophic levels.
Michael J. Holmes, Richard J. Lewis
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Origin of Ciguateric Fish: Quantitative Modelling of the Flow of Ciguatoxin through a Marine Food Chain [PDF]
Toxins, 2022 To begin to understand the impact of food chain dynamics on ciguatera risk, we used published data to model the transfer of ciguatoxins across four trophic levels of a marine food chain in Platypus Bay, Australia.
Michael J. Holmes, Richard J. Lewis
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Reviewing Evidence for Disturbance to Coral Reefs Increasing the Risk of Ciguatera [PDF]
ToxinsThe hypothesis that disturbance to coral reefs creates new surfaces that increase the risk of ciguatera is premised upon the increased algal substrates that develop on these surfaces being colonised by high ciguatoxin (CTX)-producing Gambierdiscus ...
Michael J. Holmes, Richard J. Lewis
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Model of the Origin of a Ciguatoxic Grouper (Plectropomus leopardus) [PDF]
Toxins, 2023 Published data were used to model the transfer of ciguatoxins (CTX) across three trophic levels of a marine food chain on the Great Barrier Reef (GBR), Australia, to produce a mildly toxic common coral trout (Plectropomus leopardus), one of the most ...
Michael J. Holmes, Richard J. Lewis
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Giant Moray Eel (Gymnothorax javanicus), a Long-Living Apex Predator That Poses a Food Safety Risk in the Pacific [PDF]
Marine DrugsThe giant moray eel (GME; Gymnothorax javanicus) is an important marine species that plays a key ecological role in reef systems and is a valued food source for indigenous communities.
Emillie M. F. Passfield +6 more
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Bimodal Cell Size and Fusing Cells Observed in a Clonal Culture of the Ciguatoxin-Producing Benthic Dinoflagellate Gambierdiscus (WC1/1) [PDF]
Toxins, 2022 Cells in a clonal culture of the WC1/1 strain of Gambierdiscus that produced ciguatoxin and maitotoxin-3 were observed to spontaneously fuse during the light phase of culture growth.
Michael J. Holmes, Richard J. Lewis
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