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Palytoxin, PTX or PLTX is an
intense vasoconstrictor, and is
considered to be one of the most
poisonous non-protein
substances known,
second only to maitotoxin...
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members of this
order contain the
highly toxic substance palytoxin. Even in
small quantities,
Palytoxin can be
fatal should it be
ingested or
enter the blood...
- common.
Fluorescent colored colonies also exist, but
these are more rare.
Palytoxin is a
highly toxic fatty alcohol produced by many
species of Palythoa,...
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include toxins, such as aconitine, veratridine, batrachotoxin, robustoxin,
palytoxin and
ciguatoxins and
insecticides (DDT and pyrethroids),
which activate...
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species of
zoanthid native to Hawaii. It is
notable as the
species in
which palytoxin was
discovered and from
which it was
first isolated. P.
toxica is an encrusting...
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membrane Ca2+
ATPase (PMCA) and
turns it into an ion channel,
similar to how
palytoxin turns the Na+/K+-ATPase into an ion channel. Ultimately, a necroptosis...
- 3390/md8061838. PMC 2901828. PMID 20631873.
Ramos V,
Vasconcelos V (June 2010). "
Palytoxin and analogs:
biological and
ecological effects".
Marine Drugs. 8 (7):...
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groups from
natural product synthesis is the 1994
total synthesis of
palytoxin acid by Yo****o Kishi's
research group. Here 42
functional groups (39...
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similar polyether toxins,
including ciguatoxin,
maitotoxin and
possibly palytoxin.
Other dinoflagellates that may
cause ciguatera include Prorocentrum spp...
- (Xanthidae) Some
members of the
genus Palythoa produce the
highly toxic palytoxin Rhodactis species It is
common for sea cu****bers like
Pearsonothuria graeffei...
