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. 1967 Mar 10;155(3767):1267-8.
doi: 10.1126/science.155.3767.1267.

Ciguatoxin: isolation and chemical nature

P J Scheuer, W Takahashi, J Tsutsumi, T Yoshida

Ciguatoxin: isolation and chemical nature

P J Scheuer et al. Science. .

Abstract

Ciguatoxin, the agent responsible for ciguatera, a disease produced in humans from ingestion of certain fishes, has been isolated from specimens of the moray eel, Gymnothorax javanicus. The toxin is apparently a lipid containing quaternary nitrogen, hydroxyl, and carbonyl functions.

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