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Ciguatoxins

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Definition: Polycyclic ethers produced by Gambierdiscus (DINOFLAGELLATES) from gambiertoxins, which are ingested by fish which in turn may be ingested by humans who are susceptible to the CIGUATERA POISONING.  /antag permitted but consider also ANTITOXINS; coordinate IM with source of ciguatoxin   
Pharmacological Action Poisons 		Other names Ciguatoxin
 
SubstanceCAS Registry & nameCategoriesSourceDrugs*
gambieric acid C  0   *Ciguatoxins. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2007;46(14):2518-22
51-hydroxyciguatoxin 3C  0   *Ciguatoxins. J Org Chem 2002 May 17;67(10):3301-10
ciguatoxin 3C  0   *Ciguatoxins. J Org Chem 2002 May 17;67(10):3301-10
ciguatoxin 1B (CTX 1B)  0   *Ciguatoxins. Org Lett 2002 Apr 4;4(7):1183-6
gambierol  0   *Ciguatoxins. Org Lett 2001 Sep 6;3(18):2919-22
gambiertoxin (CTX-4B)  0   *Ciguatoxins. Neurosci Lett 1997 Oct 3;234(2-3):75-8
ciguatoxin 2  142185-85-1 Ciguatoxin, 54-deoxy  *Ciguatoxins. Biochem Biophys Res Commun 1993 May;31(5):637-43
gambieric acid B  141363-65-7 2-Furanpropanoic acid, 5- (3-(2,3,4,4a,5a,6,6a,7a,8,11,11a,12a,13,13a,14a,15,16,17,18,19a,20,20a,21a,22,23,23a,24a,25,25a,26a,27,27a-dotriacontahydro-6,17-dihydroxy-2-(5-hydroxy-2,4-dimethyl-2-pentenyl)-6a,8,12a,13a,17,27a-hexamethyl-3-methyleneoxepino(2  *Ciguatoxins. J Antibiot (Tokyo) 1993 Mar;46(3):520-2
gambieric acid A  138434-64-7 2-Furanpropanoic acid, 5-(3-(2,3,4,4a,5a,6,6a,7a,8,11,11a,12a,13,13a,14a,15,16,17,18,19a,20,20a,21a,22,23,23a,24a,25,25a,26a,27,27a-dotriacontahydro-6,17-dihydroxy-2-(5-hydroxy-2,4-dimethyl-2-pentenyl)-6a,8,12a,13a,27a-pentamethyl-3-methyleneoxepino(2'''  *Ciguatoxins. J Antibiot (Tokyo) 1993 Mar;46(3):520-2
ciguatoxin 4C  136252-00-1 Ciguatoxin 4C  Ciguatoxins/*analogs & derivatives. Toxicon 1991;29(6):633

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