Numerous marine creatures produce powerful poisons, turning themselves noxious as a
protection technique against predators. Interestingly, different creatures can get noxious by …

Numerous marine creatures produce powerful poisons, turning themselves noxious as a
protection technique against predators. Interestingly, different creatures can get noxious by …

Many marine invertebrates produce potent toxins, turning themselves poisonous as a
defense strategy against predators. In contrast, other organisms can become poisonous by …

Seafood poisoning surveys point out the increasingly wide occurrence of illness risk due to
toxins found in molluscs or fish consumed by humans. Some poisonings such as paralytic …

The cover picture shows the molecular structure of maitotoxin, its producer organism
(dinoflagellate Gambierdiscustoxicus), and its carrier (surgeonfish Ctenochaetusstriatus) …

The role of ciguatoxins (CTX) in Ciguatera fish poisoning (CFP) has been investigated
previously, but little is known about Maitotoxin (MTX) and whether it plays a significant role …

Maitotoxin holds a special place in the annals of natural products chemistry as the largest
and most toxic secondary metabolite known to date. Its fascinating, ladder‐like, polyether …

Maitotoxin (MTX) was originally described as a compound associated with seafood
poisoning in South Pacific coral reef fish.“Maito” is the Tahitian name for the surgeonfish in …

Maitotoxin (MTX) is the most potent (LD50= 0.05 mg/kg, mouse ip injection) and largest
(3422 D) nonpeptide marine toxin described (Yasumoto 2000). MTX increases cytosolic free …

Ciguatoxins are marine compounds that share a ladder-shaped polyether structure
produced by dinoflagellates of the genus Gambierdiscus and Fukuyoa, and include …