Journal article

Publication year: 1995

Pages: 1531-1537

Journal: Toxicon: An Interdisciplinary Journal on the Toxins Derived from Animals, Plants and Microorganisms

Volume number: 33

Issue number: 11

DOI Link: https://doi.org/10.1016/0041-0101(95)00079-2

Publisher: Elsevier

Abstract: 

In coral reefs of the Caribbean Sea (Colombia) palytoxin (PTX) has been detected in zoanthid species of the genera Palythoa and Zoanthus by assaying the delayed haemolysis in human erythrocytes produced by aqueous extracts, which is inhibited by ouabain pretreatment, and by HPLC. The toxin content of the polyps and colonies is highly variable and is not correlated with their reproductive cycle or with the amount of symbiotic algae. Sequestration of PTX has been observed in crustaceans (Platypodiella sp.) living in close association with Palythoa colonies and in polychaete worms (Hermodice carunculata) feeding on the zoanthids. Resistance of marine animals to the toxin may enable it to enter food chains.

Harvard Citation style: Gleibs, S., Mebs, D. and Werding, B. (1995) Studies on the origin and distribution of palytoxin in a Caribbean coral reef, Toxicon: An Interdisciplinary Journal on the Toxins Derived from Animals, Plants and Microorganisms, 33(11), pp. 1531-1537. https://doi.org/10.1016/0041-0101(95)00079-2

APA Citation style: Gleibs, S., Mebs, D., & Werding, B. (1995). Studies on the origin and distribution of palytoxin in a Caribbean coral reef. Toxicon: An Interdisciplinary Journal on the Toxins Derived from Animals, Plants and Microorganisms. 33(11), 1531-1537. https://doi.org/10.1016/0041-0101(95)00079-2