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Brevetoxin

Index Brevetoxin

Brevetoxin (PbTx), or brevetoxins, are a suite of cyclic polyether compounds produced naturally by a species of dinoflagellate known as Karenia brevis. [1]

28 relations: Algal bloom, Antillatoxin, Chattonella, Ciguatoxin, Cyclic compound, Domoic acid, Ether, Fish as food, Gymnodiniales, Heterosigma akashiwo, Jon Clardy, K. C. Nicolaou, Karenia (dinoflagellate), Karenia brevis, Koji Nakanishi, Manatee, Neurotoxic shellfish poisoning, Ocean acidification, Okadaic acid, Phycotoxin, Polycyclic compound, Polyring forming processes, Red tide, Saxitoxin, Sirenia, Sodium channel, Tetrodotoxin, Toxin.

Algal bloom

An algal bloom is a rapid increase or accumulation in the population of algae in freshwater or marine water systems, and is recognized by the discoloration in the water from their pigments.

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Antillatoxin

Antillatoxin (ATX) is a potent lipopeptide neurotoxin produced by the marine cyanobacterium Lyngbya majuscula.

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Chattonella

Chattonella is a genus of marine raphidophytes associated with red tides.

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Ciguatoxin

Chemical structure of the ciguatoxin '''CTX1B''' Ciguatoxins are a class of toxic polycyclic polyethers found in fish that cause ciguatera.

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Cyclic compound

A cyclic compound (ring compound) is a term for a compound in the field of chemistry in which one or more series of atoms in the compound is connected to form a ring.

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Domoic acid

Domoic acid (DA) is a kainic acid analog neurotoxin that causes amnesic shellfish poisoning (ASP).

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Ether

Ethers are a class of organic compounds that contain an ether group—an oxygen atom connected to two alkyl or aryl groups.

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Fish as food

Many species of fish are consumed as food in virtually all regions around the world.

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Gymnodiniales

The Gymnodiniales are an order of dinoflagellates, of the class Dinophyceae.

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Heterosigma akashiwo

Heterosigma akashiwo is a species of microscopic algae of the class Raphidophyceae.

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Jon Clardy

Jon Clardy (born May 16, 1943, Washington, D.C., United States) is currently the Hsien Wu and Daisy Yen Wu professor of biological chemistry and molecular pharmacology at Harvard Medical School.

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K. C. Nicolaou

Kyriacos Costa Nicolaou (Κυριάκος Κ. Νικολάου) is a Cypriot-American chemist known for his research in the area of natural products total synthesis.

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Karenia (dinoflagellate)

Karenia is a genus that consists of unicellular, photosynthetic, planktonic organisms found in marine environments.

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Karenia brevis

Karenia brevis was named for Dr.

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Koji Nakanishi

a bioorganic and natural products chemist, is Centennial Professor Emeritus of Chemistry and former Chairman of the Chemistry Department, Columbia University.

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Manatee

Manatees (family Trichechidae, genus Trichechus) are large, fully aquatic, mostly herbivorous marine mammals sometimes known as sea cows. There are three accepted living species of Trichechidae, representing three of the four living species in the order Sirenia: the Amazonian manatee (Trichechus inunguis), the West Indian manatee (Trichechus manatus), and the West African manatee (Trichechus senegalensis).

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Neurotoxic shellfish poisoning

Neurotoxic shellfish poisoning (NSP) is caused by the consumption of shellfish contaminated by breve-toxins or brevetoxin analogs.

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Ocean acidification

Ocean acidification is the ongoing decrease in the pH of the Earth's oceans, caused by the uptake of carbon dioxide from the atmosphere.

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Okadaic acid

Okadaic acid, C44H68O13, is a toxin produced by several species of dinoflagellates, and is known to accumulate in both marine sponges and shellfish.

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Phycotoxin

Phycotoxins (from Greek, phykos, "seaweed"; and toxikon, "toxin") are complex allelopathic chemicals produced by eukaryotic and prokaryotic algal secondary metabolic pathways.

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Polycyclic compound

In the field of organic chemistry, a polycyclic compound is an organic chemical featuring several closed rings of atoms, primarily carbon.

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Polyring forming processes

Polycyclic natural products such as marine toxin gambierol and brevetoxin B (Fig. 1) are intriguing targets in organic synthesis.

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Red tide

Red tide is a common name for a worldwide phenomenon known as an algal bloom (large concentrations of aquatic microorganisms—protozoans or unicellular algae) when it is caused by species of dinoflagellates and other organisms.

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Saxitoxin

Saxitoxin (STX) is a potent neurotoxin and the best-known paralytic shellfish toxin (PST).

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Sirenia

The Sirenia, commonly referred to as sea cows or sirenians, are an order of fully aquatic, herbivorous mammals that inhabit swamps, rivers, estuaries, marine wetlands, and coastal marine waters.

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Sodium channel

Sodium channels are integral membrane proteins that form ion channels, conducting sodium ions (Na+) through a cell's plasma membrane.

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Tetrodotoxin

Tetrodotoxin (TTX) is a potent neurotoxin.

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Toxin

A toxin (from toxikon) is a poisonous substance produced within living cells or organisms; synthetic toxicants created by artificial processes are thus excluded.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brevetoxin

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