Ciguatoxin: isolation and chemical nature
Scheuer PJ, Takahashi W, Tsutsumi J +1 more1967ScienceJournal Article
CardiovascularGastrointestinalNeurological
Dinoflagellates/Ciguatera
Abstract
Ciguatoxin, the agent responsible for ciguatera, a disease produced in humans from ingestion of certain fishes, has been isolated from specimens of the moray eel, Gymnothorax javanicus . The toxin is apparently a lipid containing quaternary nitrogen, hydroxyl, and carbonyl functions.
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