A General Food Chain Model for Bioaccumulation of Ciguatoxin into Herbivorous Fish in the Pacific Ocean Suggests Few <i>Gambierdiscus</i> Species Can Produce Poisonous Herbivores, and Even Fewer Can Produce Poisonous Higher Trophic Level Fish. [PDF]
Holmes MJ, Lewis RJ.
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An Unusual Presentation of Severe Ciguatera Poisoning: Case Report. [PDF]
Bengio M +3 more
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Targeted Metabolite Fingerprints of Thirteen Gambierdiscus, Five Coolia and Two Fukuyoa Species. [PDF]
Murray JS +12 more
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Faster ciguatoxin extraction methods for toxicity screening. [PDF]
Loeffler CR, Spielmeyer A.
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Gambierdiscus species diversity and community structure in St. Thomas, USVI and the Florida Keys, USA. [PDF]
Richlen ML +7 more
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Ciguatoxins are potent ichthyotoxins
The ciguatoxins are lipid soluble polyether compounds which have structural and biochemical features in common with the brevetoxins. Pure ciguatoxin-1, ciguatoxin-2 or brevetoxin-2 added to water containing Gambusia affinis induced similar signs, including pronounced opercular movement and uncoordinated swimming preceding death. The estimated LD50s (48
Lewis, Richard J., Lewis, RJ
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Multiple ciguatoxins in the flesh of fish
Most cases of ciguatera (fish poisoning) result from consumption of the flesh of fishes contaminated with ciguatoxin(s); however, the relatively low toxicity of ciguateric fish flesh has hindered attempts to identify these ciguatoxin(s). Utilising high performance liquid chromatography, mass spectroscopy and mouse bioassay signs we have determined that
Lewis, Richard J., Sellin, Michelle
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Ciguatoxins (CTXs), which are responsible for Ciguatera fish poisoning (CFP), are liposoluble toxins produced by microalgae of the genera Gambierdiscus and Fukuyoa.
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In Silico Simulations and Functional Cell Studies Evidence Similar Potency and Distinct Binding of Pacific and Caribbean Ciguatoxins [PDF]
Ciguatoxins (CTX) cause ciguatera poisoning, which is the most common reported human food poisoning related to natural marine toxins. Pacific ciguatoxins are the most abundant and studied CTX analogues; however, the growing distribution of Caribbean ...
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