Palytoxin, PTX or PLTX is an intense vasoconstrictor, and is considered to be one of the most poisonous non-protein substances known, second only to maitotoxin...

when reintroduced Some zoanthids contain the highly toxic substance palytoxin. Palytoxin is one of the most toxic organic substances in the world, but there...

common. Fluorescent colored colonies also exist, but these are more rare. Palytoxin is a highly toxic fatty alcohol produced by many species of Palythoa,...

species of zoanthid native to Hawaii. It is notable as the species in which palytoxin was discovered and from which it was first isolated. P. toxica is an encrusting...

3390/md8061838. PMC 2901828. PMID 20631873. Ramos V, Vasconcelos V (June 2010). "Palytoxin and analogs: biological and ecological effects". Marine Drugs. 8 (7):...

groups from natural product synthesis is the 1994 total synthesis of palytoxin acid by Yoshito Kishi's research group. Here 42 functional groups (39...

inactivated by cooking, as all six CDC cases had consumed cooked or fried fish. Palytoxin has been proposed as a disease model. It has also been suggested that...

(Xanthidae) Some members of the genus Palythoa produce the highly toxic palytoxin Rhodactis species It is common for sea cucumbers like Pearsonothuria graeffei...

include toxins, such as aconitine, veratridine, batrachotoxin, robustoxin, palytoxin and ciguatoxins and insecticides (DDT and pyrethroids), which activate...

Ostreopsis contain the vasoconstrictor palytoxin, one of the most toxic, non-protein substances known. Palytoxin was first isolated from the zoanthid Palythoa...