1982•Agricultural and Biological ChemistryOpen access
Studies on paralytic shellfish poisoning in tropical waters. Part IV. Structures of two paralytic shellfish toxins, gonyautoxins V and VI, isolated from a tropical dinoflagellate, Pyrodinium bahamense var. compressa.
Takako Harada, Yasukatsu Oshima, Takeshi Yasumoto
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Abstract
Twoparalytic shellfish toxins, gonyautoxin V and gonyautoxin VI, isolated from a tropical dinoflagellate, Pyrodinium bahamense var.compressa, were identified respectively to be derivatives of saxitoxin and neosaxitoxin with a sulfonatocarbamoyl moiety.Paralytic shellfish poisoning is one of the most notorious marine food poisonings prevalent in many parts of the world including Japanese coastal waters.The dinoflagellates Protogonyaulax tamarensis and P. catenella
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