"Ciguatoxins" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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Polycyclic ethers produced by Gambierdiscus (DINOFLAGELLATES) from gambiertoxins, which are ingested by fish which in turn may be ingested by humans who are susceptible to the CIGUATERA POISONING.
| Descriptor ID |
D002922
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| MeSH Number(s) |
D02.355.291.205 D23.946.580.160
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| Year | Major Topic | Minor Topic | Total |
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| 2002 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2007 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Ciguatoxins" by people in Profiles.
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Cuypers E, Yanagihara A, Rainier JD, Tytgat J. TRPV1 as a key determinant in ciguatera and neurotoxic shellfish poisoning. Biochem Biophys Res Commun. 2007 Sep 14; 361(1):214-7.
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Matta J, Navas J, Milad M, Manger R, Hupka A, Frazer T. A pilot study for the detection of acute ciguatera intoxication in human blood. J Toxicol Clin Toxicol. 2002; 40(1):49-57.