Hunt for the elusive toxins causing ciguatera poisoning in Macaronesia - Insights and perspectives
Ciguatera poisoning is a foodborne illness caused by consuming fish contaminated with ciguatoxins produced by the dinoflagellates Gambierdiscus and Fukuyoa. In Macaronesia, an archipelago in the North Atlantic Ocean, ciguatera poisoning is a significant public health concern, and identifying the sou...
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ftzenodo:oai:zenodo.org:7812074 2024-09-15T18:23:16+00:00 Hunt for the elusive toxins causing ciguatera poisoning in Macaronesia - Insights and perspectives Pisapia, Francesco 2020-03-04 https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.7812074 eng eng Zenodo https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.7812073 https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.7812074 oai:zenodo.org:7812074 info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/legalcode Short-term visiting research stay within the framework of the MIMAR project, University of Naples Federico II - Department of Pharmacy, Naples, Italy, 4th to 6th March 2020 info:eu-repo/semantics/lecture 2020 ftzenodo https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.781207410.5281/zenodo.7812073 2024-07-25T11:47:18Z Ciguatera poisoning is a foodborne illness caused by consuming fish contaminated with ciguatoxins produced by the dinoflagellates Gambierdiscus and Fukuyoa. In Macaronesia, an archipelago in the North Atlantic Ocean, ciguatera poisoning is a significant public health concern, and identifying the sources of these toxins is crucial for mitigating the risk to human health. However, the identification of ciguatoxins and their sources is a challenging and complex process, and new methods and approaches are needed to improve detection and monitoring. This seminardescribes ongoing research efforts to identify and characterize thetoxins responsible for ciguatera poisoning in Macaronesia, with insights and perspectives on new analytical and bioassay techniques, as well as the ecological and environmental factors that influence the production and accumulation of Ciguatera toxins in marine ecosystems. The hunt for these elusive toxins is an ongoing area of research that has the potential to improve our understanding of ciguatera poisoning and inform public health interventions to protect human health. Lecture North Atlantic Zenodo |
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Ciguatera poisoning is a foodborne illness caused by consuming fish contaminated with ciguatoxins produced by the dinoflagellates Gambierdiscus and Fukuyoa. In Macaronesia, an archipelago in the North Atlantic Ocean, ciguatera poisoning is a significant public health concern, and identifying the sources of these toxins is crucial for mitigating the risk to human health. However, the identification of ciguatoxins and their sources is a challenging and complex process, and new methods and approaches are needed to improve detection and monitoring. This seminardescribes ongoing research efforts to identify and characterize thetoxins responsible for ciguatera poisoning in Macaronesia, with insights and perspectives on new analytical and bioassay techniques, as well as the ecological and environmental factors that influence the production and accumulation of Ciguatera toxins in marine ecosystems. The hunt for these elusive toxins is an ongoing area of research that has the potential to improve our understanding of ciguatera poisoning and inform public health interventions to protect human health. |
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Short-term visiting research stay within the framework of the MIMAR project, University of Naples Federico II - Department of Pharmacy, Naples, Italy, 4th to 6th March 2020 |
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