Ciguatoxins
"Ciguatoxins" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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Polycyclic ethers produced by Gambierdiscus (DINOFLAGELLATES) from gambiertoxins, which are ingested by fish which in turn may be ingested by humans who are susceptible to the CIGUATERA POISONING.
| Descriptor ID |
D002922
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| MeSH Number(s) |
D02.355.291.205 D23.946.580.160
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| Year | Major Topic | Minor Topic | Total |
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| 2013 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2020 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Ciguatoxins" by people in Profiles.
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Wang Z, Fuquay JM, Ledreux A, Barbieri M, Ramsdell JS. Sample preparation and liquid chromatography-tandem mass spectrometry for the analysis of selected Pacific ciguatoxins in blood samples. J Chromatogr A. 2020 Jun 21; 1621:461050.
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Ledreux A, Ramsdell JS. Bioavailability and intravenous toxicokinetic parameters for Pacific ciguatoxin P-CTX-1 in rats. Toxicon. 2013 Mar 15; 64:81-6.