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Ciguatoxin: isolation and chemical nature

Scheuer PJ, Takahashi W, Tsutsumi J +1 more1967ScienceJournal Article
10.1126/science.155.3767.1267PubMed
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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