Animal toxins—Nature's evolutionary-refined toolkit for basic research and drug discovery

V Herzig, B Cristofori-Armstrong, MR Israel… - Biochemical …, 2020 - Elsevier
Venomous animals have evolved toxins that interfere with specific components of their
victim's core physiological systems, thereby causing biological dysfunction that aids in prey …

Emerging marine biotoxins in European waters: Potential risks and analytical challenges

P Otero, M Silva - Marine Drugs, 2022 - mdpi.com
Harmful algal blooms pose a challenge regarding food safety due to their erratic nature and
forming circumstances which are yet to be disclosed. The best strategy to protect human …

[HTML][HTML] Harmful algal blooms in eutrophic marine environments: causes, monitoring, and treatment

J Lan, P Liu, X Hu, S Zhu - Water, 2024 - mdpi.com
Marine eutrophication, primarily driven by nutrient over input from agricultural runoff,
wastewater discharge, and atmospheric deposition, leads to harmful algal blooms (HABs) …

Global impact of ciguatoxins and ciguatera fish poisoning on fish, fisheries and consumers

L Soliño, PR Costa - Environmental research, 2020 - Elsevier
Ciguatera fish poisoning (CFP) is one of the most devastating food-borne illnesses caused
by fish consumption. Ciguatoxins (CTXs) are potent neurotoxins synthesized by the benthic …

[PDF][PDF] Ciguatera-causing dinoflagellates in the genera Gambierdiscus and Fukuyoa: Distribution, ecophysiology and toxicology

M Chinain, CM Gatti, M Roué, HT Darius… - … , Life History and …, 2020 - novapublishers.com
Ciguatera poisoning results from the consumption of fish and marine invertebrates
contaminated with lipid soluble toxins known as ciguatoxins (CTXs) that are produced by …

[HTML][HTML] A review on aquatic toxins-Do we really know it all regarding the environmental risk posed by phytoplankton neurotoxins?

A Pinto, MJ Botelho, C Churro, J Asselman… - Journal of …, 2023 - Elsevier
Aquatic toxins are potent natural toxins produced by certain cyanobacteria and marine algae
species during harmful cyanobacterial and algal blooms (CyanoHABs and HABs …

Intraspecific Variability in the Toxin Production and Toxin Profiles of In Vitro Cultures of Gambierdiscus polynesiensis (Dinophyceae) from French Polynesia

S Longo, M Sibat, J Viallon, HT Darius, P Hess… - Toxins, 2019 - mdpi.com
Ciguatera poisoning (CP) is a foodborne disease caused by the consumption of seafood
contaminated with ciguatoxins (CTXs) produced by dinoflagellates in the genera …

Ciguatera mini review: 21st century environmental challenges and the interdisciplinary research efforts rising to meet them

CR Loeffler, L Tartaglione, M Friedemann… - International Journal of …, 2021 - mdpi.com
Globally, the livelihoods of over a billion people are affected by changes to marine
ecosystems, both structurally and systematically. Resources and ecosystem services …

Ciguatoxin occurrence in food-web components of a Cuban coral reef ecosystem: Risk-assessment implications

L Díaz-Asencio, RJ Clausing, M Vandersea… - Toxins, 2019 - mdpi.com
In Cuba, ciguatera poisoning associated with fish consumption is the most commonly
occurring non-bacterial seafood-borne illness. Risk management through fish market …

Comparative study on the performance of three detection methods for the quantification of Pacific ciguatoxins in French Polynesian strains of Gambierdiscus …

HT Darius, T Revel, J Viallon, M Sibat, P Cruchet… - Marine drugs, 2022 - mdpi.com
Gambierdiscus and Fukuyoa dinoflagellates produce a suite of secondary metabolites,
including ciguatoxins (CTXs), which bioaccumulate and are further biotransformed in fish …