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A Microencapsulation Method for Delivering Tetrodotoxin to Bivalves to Investigate Uptake and Accumulation

Marine Drugs, 2021
Most marine biotoxins are produced by microalgae. The neurotoxin tetrodotoxin (TTX) has been reported in many seafood species worldwide but its source is unknown, making accumulation and depuration studies in shellfish difficult.
Laura Biessy, Kirsty F. Smith, Susanna A. Wood, Annabel Tidy, Roel van Ginkel, Joel R. D. Bowater, Ian Hawes   +6 more
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Report from the 27th (Virtual) Meeting on Toxinology, “Toxins: Mr Hyde or Dr Jekyll?”, Organized by the French Society of Toxinology, 9–10 December 2021

Toxins, 2022
The French Society of Toxinology (SFET) organized its 27th annual meeting on 9–10 December 2021 as a virtual meeting (e-RT27). The central theme of this meeting was “Toxins: Mr Hyde or Dr Jekyll?”, emphasizing the latest findings on plant, fungal, algal,
Daniel Ladant, Pascale Marchot, Sylvie Diochot, Gilles Prévost, Michel R. Popoff, Evelyne Benoit   +5 more
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Report from the 28th Meeting on Toxinology, “Toxins: What’s up, Doc?”, Organized by the French Society of Toxinology on 28–29 November 2022

Toxins, 2023
The French Society of Toxinology (SFET) organized its 28th annual meeting on 28–29 November 2022 (RT28). The central theme of this meeting was “Toxins: What’s up, Doc?”, emphasizing the latest findings on animal, bacterial, algal, plant and fungal toxins
Pascale Marchot, Évelyne Benoit, Ziad Fajloun, Sylvie Diochot   +3 more
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Characterization, purification and phylogenetic analysis of a cytolysin from the sea anemone Heteractis magnifica of the Indian Ocean

Journal of Venomous Animals and Toxins including Tropical Diseases, 2010
It is well established that sea anemones comprise a rich source of cytolytic toxins. The present study reports the isolation and characterization of a cytolysin obtained from the sea anemone Heteractis magnifica collected in the Andaman Islands of the ...
S Karthikayalu, V Rama, R Kirubagaran, R Venkatesan   +3 more
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Identification, Purification and Molecular Characterization of Chondrosin, a New Protein with Anti-tumoral Activity from the Marine Sponge Chondrosia Reniformis Nardo 1847

Marine Drugs, 2020
Chondrosia reniformis is a common marine demosponge showing many peculiarities, lacking silica spicules and with a body entirely formed by a dense collagenous matrix.
Sonia Scarfì, Marina Pozzolini, Caterina Oliveri, Serena Mirata, Annalisa Salis, Gianluca Damonte, Daniela Fenoglio, Tiziana Altosole, Micha Ilan, Marco Bertolino, Marco Giovine   +10 more
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Chronic Toxicity Study of Neosaxitoxin in Rats

Marine Drugs, 2014
Neosaxitoxin (NeoSTX) is a specific reversible blocker of voltage gated sodium channels on excitable cells. In the last decade, it has been tested in a number of interesting clinical trials, however there is still little information available on ...
Ramiro J. Zepeda, Manila Candiracci, Nicolas Lobos, Sebastian Lux, Hugo F. Miranda   +4 more
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Sediment as a Potential Pool for Lipophilic Marine Phycotoxins with the Case Study of Daya Bay of China

Marine Drugs, 2019
Marine sediments can reserve many environmental pollutants. Lipophilic marine phycotoxins (LMPs) are natural toxic substances widespread in the marine environment; however, evidence of their existence in sediment is scarce. In the present study, in order
Yang Liu, Peng Zhang, Sen Du, Zhuoru Lin, Yanyan Zhou, Lizhao Chen, Rencheng Yu, Li Zhang   +7 more
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An assessment of temporal, spatial and taxonomic trends in harmful algal toxin exposure in stranded marine mammals from the U.S. New England coast.

PLoS ONE, 2021
Despite a long-documented history of severe harmful algal blooms (HABs) in New England coastal waters, corresponding HAB-associated marine mammal mortality events in this region are far less frequent or severe relative to other regions where HABs are ...
Spencer E Fire, Andrea Bogomolni, Robert A DiGiovanni, Greg Early, Tod A Leighfield, Keith Matassa, Glenn A Miller, Kathleen M T Moore, Michael Moore, Misty Niemeyer, Katie Pugliares, Zhihong Wang, Frederick W Wenzel   +12 more
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Biosynthetic Studies on Water-Soluble Derivative 5c (DTX5c)

Marine Drugs, 2012
The dinoflagellate Prorocentrum belizeanum is responsible for the production of several toxins involved in the red tide phenomenon known as Diarrhetic Shellfish Poisoning (DSP).
José J. Fernández, Tamara S. Vilches, Manuel Norte, Antonio Hernández Daranas   +3 more
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Stability of Saxitoxin in 50% Methanol Fecal Extracts and Raw Feces from Bowhead Whales (Balaena mysticetus)

Marine Drugs, 2022
In recent decades, harmful algal blooms (HABs) producing paralytic shellfish toxins (including saxitoxin, STX) have become increasingly frequent in the marine waters of Alaska, USA, subjecting Pacific Arctic and subarctic communities and wildlife to ...
Emily K. Bowers, Raphaela Stimmelmayr, Alicia Hendrix, Kathi A. Lefebvre   +3 more
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