Recent progress in marine toxin research

Abstract

A series of toxins isolated from the dinoflagellates, Gonyaulax spp., sheds new light on the structure of the receptors on excitable membranes. Bio-synthetic origins of these toxins and tetrodotoxin, another sodium channel-specific marine toxin, are discussed. A new polyether type of toxin from the dinoflagellate, Gymnodinium breve, are also presented. © 1982, Walter de Gruyter. All rights reserved.