Dinoflagellate Toxins Responsible for Ciguatera Food Poisoning

Abstract

During the third contract year over 300 grams dry weight of the dinoflagellate Gambierdiscus toxicus was grown in large scale culture. Chemosystematic studies resulted in information which allowed improvements in both culturing and toxin production. Gram levels of cells and toxic extracts were processed in an effort to improve toxin production by G. toxicus. Crude and semi-purified toxins were delivered. Keywords: Ciguatera syndrome, Toxins, Inhibitor, RA I, Dinoflagellates, Mass culture, Purification, Food poisoning, Fish, Toxicology.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Dec 20, 1989
Accession Number
ADB145480

Entities

People

  • Donald M. Miller

Organizations

  • Southern Illinois University Carbondale

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DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Acquisition
  • Alcohols
  • Animals
  • Biomedical Research
  • Cells
  • Chemistry
  • Chromatography
  • Coral Reefs
  • Fish
  • Food Chains
  • Food Poisoning
  • Liquid Chromatography
  • Materials
  • Poisoning
  • Precipitation
  • Rodents
  • Spectra

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  • Aquatic Ecology
  • Marine Ecotoxicology
  • Molecular and Cellular Biochemistry