Bioactive Marine Toxins

The chapter deals with paralytic shellfish poisoning (PSP), neurotoxic shellfish poisoning (NSP), ciguatera, diarrhetic shellfish poisoning (DSP) and other miscellaneous toxins. The origin, chemistry, properties and mode of action of saxitoxin, neosaxitoxin, gonyautoxins I–VIII, tetrodotoxins and its congeners; brevetoxin-A and brevetoxin-B, ciguatoxin and its congeners; maitotoxin, palytoxin and its congeners, okadaic acid and its congeners; pectenotoxins, yessotoxin, amphidinolides, amphidinol, proprocentrolide, neosurugatoxin, surugatoxin and prosurugatoxin; goniodomin-A, polycavenoside-A, toxic substances of Chondria armata, aplysiatoxin, debromoaplysiatoxin, toxic peptides, nodularin and microcystin, lyngbyatoxin-A, and isodysiden have been discussed. Transfer of toxins between organisms and methods of detection of paralytic shellfish toxins have also been discussed.