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ABSTRACT:
SUBMITTER: Satake M
PROVIDER: S-EPMC7911007 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Jan
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Toxins 20210122 2
Two different types of polycyclic ether toxins, namely brevisulcenals (KBTs) and brevisulcatic acids (BSXs), produced by the red tide dinoflagellate <i>Karenia brevisulcata</i>, were the cause of a toxic incident that occurred in New Zealand in 1998. Four major components, KBT-F, -G, -H, and -I, shown to be cytotoxic and lethal in mice, were isolated from cultured <i>K. brevisulcata</i> cells, and their structures were elucidated by spectroscopic analyses. New analogues, brevisulcenal-A1 (KBT-A1 ...[more]