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Predictive toxinology: calculated molecular descriptors to describe toxicity...
Australian Institute of Marine Science
Saxitoxins (STXs) were used to ascertain whether a combination of calculated molecular descriptors could explain observed biological activity. A dataset of 3050 molecular... -
Haemolymph protein in xanthid crabs from the Great Barrier Reef
Australian Institute of Marine Science
Haemolymph was obtained from 26 xanthid crabs collected at low tide from Reef 21-145 and Laver's Cay on the Great Barrier Reef. A combinatin of protease inhibitors (5 mM EDTA, 1... -
Human fatalities in Vanuatu after eating the xanthid crab, Daira perlata
Australian Institute of Marine Science
This was the first case of the crab species, Daira perlata, being inplicated in toxic poisoning. Autopsies were not carried out on the two teenagers who died in 2000 after... -
Interactive effects of herbicides and higher sea surface temperatures on...
Australian Institute of Marine Science
The coral, Acropora millepora and the crustose coralline algae, Neogoniolithon fosliei were exposed to 3 photosystem II (PSII) herbicides (diuron, hexazinone and atrazine).... -
Human fatality in Timor Leste after eating the xanthid crab, Zosimus aeneus
Australian Institute of Marine Science
Sodium channel and saxiphilin radioreceptor assays were carried out to determine whether paralytic shellfish toxins were present in the gut contents, liver, blood, bile and... -
Bioaccumulation monitoring of the mud crab, Scylla serrata, from Queensland estuaries
Australian Institute of Marine Science
Mature male mud crabs were collected by commercial fishers from 11 rivers and creeks spanning 1500 km of the Queensland coast, following the 2004/2005 and 2005/2006 wet seasons.... -
Saxitoxin in octopi from Cooke Point, Port Hedland, Western Australia
Australian Institute of Marine Science
Octopus (Abdopus) sp. 5 were collected from a reef flat at Cooke Point, Port Hedland in northern Western Australia. The octopi had a body size of between 5-6 cm and tentacle... -
Detection and quantitation of Saxitoxin and its analogues from strains of...
Australian Institute of Marine Science
Fourteen isolates of Anabaena circinalis from various regions of Australia were grown for extraction. Two microtiter plate based bioassays for measuring saxitoxin (STX) and its... -
Measurement of paralytic shellfish toxins in molluscan extracts
Australian Institute of Marine Science
The methods saxiphilin radioreceptor assay, mammalian Na channel, the commercial cell culture MIST kit, mouse lethality bioassay and HPLC analysis were compared for measuring... -
Levels of organochlorine pesticides in corals, fish and molluscs from the...
Australian Institute of Marine Science
Corals, fish and molluscs were collected from twenty inner marginal shelf reefs of the Great Barrier Reef between September 1976 and June 1977. The reefs sampled were Yonge... -
Peptides that inhibit neuronal nitric oxide synthase
Australian Institute of Marine Science
Neuronal nitric oxide synthase (nNOS) inhibition tests were carried out on peptides in addition to other bioactivity experiments, in particular, antibiotic activity. Inhibition... -
Phylogenetic survey of soluble saxitoxin-binding activity by saxiphilin
Australian Institute of Marine Science
Plasma tissue and haemolymph samples from 118 species across a range of phyla were assayed for the presence of saxiphilin [3H]STX, a soluble protein which binds the neurotoxin... -
South Pacific Epidemiological and Health Information Services (SPEHIS) fish...
Australian Institute of Marine Science
This database combined data from a number of public sources to assist in analysing for climate trends in ciguatera within the South Pacific. Monthly fish poisoning rates for... -
The behaviour of mixtures of paralytic shellfish toxins in receptor dependent assays
Australian Institute of Marine Science
Using two unrelated STX-binding proteins (the rat brain Na channel and a saxiphilin from the xanthid crab Liomera tristis), this study experimentally validated the predicted... -
Gauging the effects of shellfish extract matrices, salts and pH upon...
Australian Institute of Marine Science
In this study, a microtitre plate binding assay using a saxiphilin isoform [3H]STX from the centipede Ethmostigmus rubripes, was challenged with differing conditions of salt... -
Competition between alcyonacean and scleractinian corals at Britomart Reef,...
Australian Institute of Marine Science
Experiments were performed on Britomart Reef in the central region of the Great Barrier Reef, in a large depression behind the reef crest, 50-60 m in diameter and 11 m deep,... -
Dispersion and fates of produced formation water (PFW) constituents in a...
Australian Institute of Marine Science
This was a study of produced formation water (PFW) discharged into a shallow tropical marine ecosystem on the North West Shelf of Australia. A combination of oceanographic... -
Morphology and ichthyotoxicity as defensive strategies in soft corals from...
Australian Institute of Marine Science
Three collections of common soft corals were made for an ichthyotoxicity study. Morphological features relating to structural defence against fish predation were also assessed....
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