Palytoxin and analogs: Biological and ecological effects

Marine Drugs

Volumn 8, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 2021-2037

  Ramos, Vítor ^a   Vasconcelos, Vítor ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PORTO   (Portugal)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PORTO   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Marine toxins; Mascarenotoxin; Ostreocin; Ostreopsis; Ovatoxin; Palythoa; Palytoxin

Indexed keywords

MASCARENOTOXIN A; MASCARENOTOXIN B; OSTREOCIN D; PALYTOXIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ALGAL BLOOM; BIOACCUMULATION; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; COASTAL WATERS; CONTAMINATED SHELLFISH; CORAL; DINOFLAGELLATE; ECOTOXICOLOGY; EMBRYOTOXICITY; FOOD CONTAMINATION; FOOD POISONING; HEALTH HAZARD; HUMAN; LARVAL DEVELOPMENT; LD 50; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; NONHUMAN; REVIEW; SEA FOOD;

ALCYONACEA; ANIMALIA; DINOPHYCEAE; INVERTEBRATA; MAMMALIA; OSTREOPSIS; PALYTHOA;

EID: 77955288151     PISSN: None     EISSN: 16603397     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/md8072021     Document Type: Review

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