Publication Date:
1981-06-26
Description:
A new neuromuscular toxin, lophotoxin, has been isolated from several pacific gorgonians of the genus Lophogorgia. The structure of lophotoxin was deduced by combined spectrochemical methods, and belongs to the well-known cembrene class of diterpenoid molecules. Lophotoxin contains furanoaldehyde and alpha, beta-epoxy-gamma-lactone functional groups, in sharp contrast to the cationic ammonium functional groups of the established neurotoxins.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Notes: 〈/span〉Fenical, W -- Okuda, R K -- Bandurraga, M M -- Culver, P -- Jacobs, R S -- New York, N.Y. -- Science. 1981 Jun 26;212(4502):1512-4.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Record origin:〈/span〉 〈a href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/6112796" target="_blank"〉PubMed〈/a〉
Keywords:
Animals
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Cnidaria/*analysis
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Cnidarian Venoms/*isolation & purification/pharmacology
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Diterpenes/*isolation & purification/pharmacology/toxicity
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Electric Stimulation
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Mice
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Muscle Contraction/drug effects
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Muscles/innervation
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Neuromuscular Junction/drug effects/physiology
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Species Specificity
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*Terpenes
Print ISSN:
0036-8075
Electronic ISSN:
1095-9203
Topics:
Biology
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Chemistry and Pharmacology
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Computer Science
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Medicine
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Natural Sciences in General
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Physics
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