Ciguatoxins

• Other Authors: Katikou, Panagiota (Editor), Dechraoui Bottein, Marie-Yasmine (Editor)
• Format: Electronic Book Chapter
• Language: English
• Published: Basel MDPI - Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute 2023
• Subjects: Medicine; Medical toxicology; ciguatoxins; HRMS; Q-TOF; ciguatera poisoning; C-CTX1; fragmentation pathways; maitotoxins; Gambierdiscus; Fukuyoa; LC-MS/MS; QToF; neuroblastoma cell assay; matrix effect; ciguatera monitoring; SPATT passive samplers; HP20 resin; CBA-N2a; WS artificial substrate; qPCR; HTS metabarcoding; ciguatera; ciguatoxin; cytotoxicity assay; ELISA; HPLC; immunoassay; mouse bioassay; receptor-binding assay; ciguatoxins (CTXs); neuroblastoma cell-based assay (CBA); immunosensor; pacific ciguatoxins; natural product; polycyclic ether; ring-closing metathesis; Tsuji-Trost allylation; French Polynesia; epidemiology; toxicological analyses; risk management; climate change; Gambierdiscus polynesiensis; toxin profile; nitrate; urea; culture medium acidification; CTX1B; 52-epi-54-deoxyCTX1B; 54-deoxyCTX1B; Dictyota; Caribbean; dinoflagellate; benthic algae; algal toxin; harmful algal bloom; the Indian Ocean; Arabian sea; Kuwait bay; Aden Gulf; Red Sea; Gulf of Aqaba; Andaman Sea; Bay of Bengal; seafood safety; foodborne disease; experimental exposure; lionfish; trophic transfer; toxin accumulation; Selvagens Islands; morphology; phylogeny; benthic dinoflagellate; Beibu Gulf; Chinese waters; least absolute shrinkage and selection operator; machine learning; data science; medical informatics; survival analysis; foodborne diseases; Ciguatera Fish Poisoning; digital technologies; open data; risk analysis; marine biotoxins; Lagodon rhomboides; pinfish; bioaccumulation; depuration; Caribbean ciguatoxin; growth dilution; model; kinetics
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Ciguatoxins (CTXs), which are responsible for Ciguatera fish poisoning (CFP), are liposoluble toxins produced by microalgae of the genera Gambierdiscus and Fukuyoa. This book presents 18 scientific papers that offer new information and scientific evidence on: (i) CTX occurrence in aquatic environments, with an emphasis on edible aquatic organisms; (ii) analysis methods for the determination of CTXs; (iii) advances in research on CTX-producing organisms; (iv) environmental factors involved in the presence of CTXs; and (v) the assessment of public health risks related to the presence of CTXs, as well as risk management and mitigation strategies.