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Volume 6, 2008
Marine
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1660-3397, CODEN: MDARE6
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Issue 1 (March
2008) pages 1-38
Rosário F. Martins 1,2,3, Miguel F. Ramos 1, Lars Herfindal 4, José A. Sousa 1,2, Kaja Skærven 4 and Vitor M.
Vasconcelos 1,2,*
1
Departamento de Zoologia e Antropologia, Faculdade de Ciências,
Universidade do Porto, Praça Gomes Teixeira, 4099-002 Porto, Portugal
2
Centro Interdisciplinar de Investigação Marinha e Ambiental,
CIMAR/CIIMAR, Rua dos Bragas 289, 4050-123 Porto, Portugal
3
Escola Superior de Tecnologia da Saúde do Porto, Rua João de Oliveira
Ramos 87, 4000-294 Porto, Portugal
4 Department of
Biomedicine, University of Bergen, Jonas Lies vei 91, N-5009 Bergen,
Norway
* Author to whom correspondence should be addressed;
Phone: 351-223401800; Fax: 351-223390608; E-mail: [email protected]
Received: 11 October
2007 / Accepted: 14 January 2008 / Published: 22 January 2008
Full Paper:
Antimicrobial and
Cytotoxic Assessment of Marine Cyanobacteria - Synechocystis and Synechococcus
Mar. Drugs 2008,
6,
1-11 (PDF
format 365K); DOI: 10.3390/md20080001
Harald
Bredholt 1, Espen Fjærvik 2,
Geir Johnsen 3 and Sergey B. Zotchev 2
1
Alpharma AS, Harbitzalleen 3, 0212 Oslo, Norway
2 Department
of Biotechnology, Norwegian University of Science and Technology, 7491
Trondheim, Norway
3 Department of Biology, Norwegian
University of Science and Technology, 7491 Trondheim, Norway
*
Author to whom correspondence should be addressed; E-mail:
[email protected]
Received: 21 November 2007, in
revised form: 17 January 2008 / Accepted: 17 January 2008 / Published:
4 February 2008
Full Paper: Actinomycetes from Sediments
in the Trondheim Fjord, Norway: Diversity and Biological Activity
Mar.
Drugs 2008,
6, 12-24 (PDF
format 1430K); DOI: 10.3390/md20080002
(This paper belongs to Special Issue "Bioactive
Compounds from Marine Microorganisms", edited by Dr. Ipek
Kurtboke)
Santokh S. Gill 1,*,
Yangxun Hou 1, Talat Ghane 2
and Olga M. Pulido 1
1
Toxicology Research Division, Food Directorate, Health Products and
Foods Branch, Banting Research Center, P.L. 2202D2, Tunney’s Pasture,
Ottawa, ON, Canada, K1A 0L2
2 Department of Toxicology,
Faculty of
Pharmacy, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Enghelab Avenue,
Tehran, Iran 14174, P.O. Box: 14155/6451
* Author to whom
correspondence should be addressed. Tel.: 613-952-8555; E-mail:
[email protected]
E-mails: [email protected] (S.
G.); [email protected] (Y. H.); [email protected] (O. P.)
Received: 28 November 2007; in
revised form: 23 January 2008 / Accepted: 9 February 2008 / Published:
7 May 2008
Full Paper:
Regional Susceptibility to
Domoic Acid in Primary Astrocyte Cells Cultured from the Brain Stem and
Hippocampus
Mar.
Drugs 2008,
6, 25-38 (PDF
format 3180K); DOI: 10.3390/md20080003
(This
paper belongs to Special Issue "Marine
Toxins" edited
by Dr. Alejandro
Mayer)
Issue 2 (June
2008) pages 39-406
Note:
an editorial
Changes
Coming to MDPI Journals: Digital
Object Identifier (DOI) and Creative Commons Attribution License
has been published in
Molecules
recently.
Michael J. Twiner 1,*, Nils Rehmann 2, Philipp Hess 2 and Gregory J. Doucette 11
Marine Biotoxins Program, Center for Coastal Environmental Health and
Biomolecular Research, NOAA/National Ocean Service, 219 Fort Johnson
Road, Charleston SC 29412, USA; E-mail:
[email protected] ; E-mail:
[email protected]2 Biotoxin Chemistry, Marine Institute,
Rinville, Oranmore, Ireland; E-mail:
[email protected]; E-mail:
[email protected]* Author to whom correspondence should
be addressed. E-mail:
[email protected]Received: 30 November 2007; in
revised form: 21 February 2008 / Accepted: 18 March 2008 / Published: 7
May 2008
Review: Azaspiracid Shellfish
Poisoning: A Review on the Chemistry, Ecology, and Toxicology with an
Emphasis on Human Health Impacts Mar.
Drugs 2008,
6, 39-72 (PDF
format 573K); DOI: 10.3390/md20080004
(This
paper belongs to Special Issue "Marine
Toxins" edited
by Dr. Alejandro
Mayer)
Beatriz Paz 1,*, Antonio H. Daranas 2,3, Manuel Norte 2, Pilar Riobó 1, José M. Franco 1 and José J. Fernández 2,*
1
Fitoplancton Tóxico, Instituto de Investigaciones Marinas (CSIC),
Eduardo Cabello 6, 36080 Vigo and Instituto Español de Oceanografía,
Centro Oceanográfico de Vigo (IEO), Cabo Estay, 36200 Vigo, Spain.
E-mails:
[email protected] (B. Paz);
[email protected] (P.
Riobó);
[email protected] (J.M. Franco)
2 Instituto
Universitario de Bio-Orgánica “Antonio González”, Universidad de La
Laguna, Astrofísico Francisco Sánchez 2, 38206 La Laguna, Tenerife,
Spain. E-mails:
[email protected] (A. Daranas);
[email protected] (M. Norte);
[email protected] (J.J. Fernández)
3 Departamento de Ingeniería
Química y Tecnología Farmacéutica; Universidad de La Laguna; Av.
Astrofísico Francisco Sánchez s/n, 38071, La Laguna, Tenerife, Spain
*
Author to whom correspondence should be addressed. Tel: +34986492111;
Fax: +34986498626 (B. Paz) and Tel: +34922318586; Fax: +34922318571
(J.J. Fernández)
Received:
5 December 2007; in revised form: 27 February 2008 / Accepted: 5 March
2008 / Published: 7 May 2008
Review: Yessotoxins, a Group of Marine
Polyether Toxins: an Overview Mar.
Drugs 2008,
6, 73-102 (PDF
format 573K); DOI: 10.3390/md20080005
(This
paper belongs to Special Issue "Marine
Toxins" edited
by Dr. Alejandro
Mayer)
Kathi A. Lefebvre 1,*, Brian D. Bill 1, Aleta Erickson 2, Keri A. Baugh 1, Lohna O’Rourke 2, Pedro R. Costa 3, Shelly Nance 1 and Vera L. Trainer 1
1
NOAA Fisheries, Northwest Fisheries Science Center, Marine Biotoxins
Program, 2725 Montlake Blvd. East, Seattle, WA, 98112, USA; E-mails:
[email protected]; [email protected]; [email protected];
[email protected]; [email protected]
2 Jamestown
S’Klallam
Tribe, 1033 Old Blyn Highway, Sequim, WA, 98382, USA; E-mails:
[email protected]; [email protected]
3
IPIMAR,
National Institute for Agronomy and Fisheries Research, Av. Brasília,
1449-006 Lisbon, Portugal; E-mail: [email protected]
*
Author to
whom correspondence should be addressed; E-mail:
[email protected]; Tel.: +1-206-302-2454; Fax: +1-206-860-3335
Received: 6 February 2008; in
revised form: 16 April 2008 / Accepted: 18 April 2008 / Published: 14
May 2008
Article: Characterization of
Intracellular and Extracellular Saxitoxin Levels in Both Field and
Cultured Alexandrium
spp. Samples from Sequim Bay, Washington
Mar.
Drugs 2008,
6, 103-116 (PDF
format 1089K); DOI:
10.3390/md20080006(This
paper belongs to Special Issue "Marine
Toxins" edited
by Dr. Alejandro
Mayer)
John P. Berry 1,*, Miroslav Gantar 2, Mario H. Perez 2, Gerald Berry 2 and Fernando G. Noriega 2
1
Marine Science Program, Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry,
Florida International University, 3000 NE 151st Street, North Miami, FL
33181, USA
2 Department of Biological Sciences, Florida
International University, 11200 SW 8th Street, Miami, FL 33199, USA;
E-mails: [email protected], [email protected]
* Author to whom
correspondence should be addressed; E-mail: [email protected]; Tel.:
+1-305-919-4569; Fax: +1-305-919-4030.
Received: 27 February 2008; in
revised form: 1 May 2008 / Accepted: 12 May 2008 / Published: 15 May
2008
Review: Cyanobacterial
Toxins as Allelochemicals with Potential Applications as Algaecides,
Herbicides and Insecticides
Mar.
Drugs 2008,
6, 117-146 (PDF
format 344K); DOI:
10.3390/md20080007(This
paper belongs to Special Issue "Marine
Toxins" edited
by Dr. Alejandro
Mayer)
Manfred Klisch and Donat-P. Häder
*Department for Biology, Friedrich-Alexander
University, Staudtstr. 5, 91058 Erlangen, Germany;
E-mails:
[email protected];
[email protected]*
Author to whom correspondence should be addressed.
Received: 7 March 2008; in
revised form: 9 May 2008 / Accepted: 13 May 2008 / Published: 22 May
2008Review:
Mycosporine-Like Amino
Acids and Marine Toxins - The Common and the DifferentMar.
Drugs 2008,
6, 147-163 (PDF
format 255K); DOI:
10.3390/md20080008(This
paper belongs to Special Issue "Marine
Toxins" edited
by Dr. Alejandro
Mayer)
Roberto Perez 1,†,
Li Liu 1, Jose Lopez 2, Tianying An 1 and Kathleen S. Rein 1,*1
Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Florida International
University, Miami, FL 33199, USA
2 Oceanographic Center, Nova
Southeastern University, Dania Beach FL 33004, USA
E-mails:
[email protected] (R. P.)
[email protected] (L. L.);
[email protected]
(T. A.);
[email protected] (J. L.);
[email protected] (K. R.)
†
Current
Address: Department of Dermatology and Cutaneous Surgery, University of
Miami, Miller School of Medicine, Miami, Florida 33136.
*
Author to whom correspondence should be addressed; E-mail:
[email protected]; Tel.: +1-305-348-6682; FAX: +1-305-348-3772.
Received: 29 February 2008; in
revised form: 9 May 2008 / Accepted: 13 May 2008 / Published: 22 May
2008Article:
Diverse Bacterial PKS
Sequences Derived From Okadaic Acid-Producing DinoflagellatesMar.
Drugs 2008,
6, 164-179 (PDF
format 1136K); DOI:
10.3390/md20080009(This
paper belongs to Special Issue "Marine
Toxins" edited
by Dr. Alejandro
Mayer)
Olga M. Pulido 1,21
Bureau of Chemical Safety, Food Directorate, Health Products and Food
Branch, Health Canada, 251 Sir Frederick Banting Dr., 2202D2, Tunney’s
Pasture, Ottawa, ON, Canada, K1A-0L2; E-Mail:
[email protected]2
Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, University of Ottawa,
Ottawa, ON, Canada; http://www.medicine.uottawa.ca/path/pulido.html,
http://www.iatpfellows.org/
Received: 4 December 2007; in
revised form: 16 May 2008 / Accepted: 16 May 2008 / Published: 28 May
2008Review: Domoic Acid Toxicologic
Pathology: A ReviewMar. Drugs 2008,
6, 180-219
(PDF
format 2662K); DOI:
10.3390/md20080010(This
paper belongs to Special Issue "Marine
Toxins" edited
by Dr. Alejandro
Mayer) Tamao Noguchi 1,* and Osamu Arakawa 21 Tokyo
Health Care University, 3-11-3, Setagaya, Tokyo 154-8568, Japan
2
Faculty of Fisheries, Nagasaki University, 1-14, Bunkyo-machi, Nagasaki
852-8521, Japan
E-mails:
[email protected];
[email protected]* Author to whom correspondence
should be addressed.
Received:
23 December 2007; in revised form: 24 March 2008 / Accepted: 8 April
2008 / Published: 28 May 2008Review: Tetrodotoxin – Distribution
and Accumulation in Aquatic Organisms, and Cases of Human IntoxicationMar.
Drugs 2008,
6, 220-242 (PDF
format 422K); DOI:
10.3390/md20080011(This
paper belongs to Special Issue "Marine
Toxins" edited
by Dr. Alejandro
Mayer)
Glen P. Eccleston, Peter R. Brooks and D. Ipek Kurtböke *Faculty of Science, Health and Education, University of the Sunshine Coast, Maroochydore DC, Qld 4558, Australia
* Author to whom correspondence should be addressed; E-mail: [email protected]
Received: 31 March 2008; in revised form: 19 May 2008 / Accepted: 23 May 2008 / Published: 5 June 2008
Article: The Occurrence of Bioactive Micromonosporae in Aquatic Habitats of the Sunshine Coast in Australia
Mar.
Drugs 2008,
6, 243-261 (PDF
format 422K); DOI:
10.3390/md20080012
(This paper belongs to Special Issue "Bioactive
Compounds from Marine Microorganisms", edited by Dr. Ipek
Kurtboke) John S. Ramsdell 1,* and Tanja S. Zabka 2
1
Marine Biotoxins Program, Center for Coastal Environmental Health and
Biomolecular Research, NOAA, National Ocean Service, Charleston, SC
29414; E-mail: [email protected].
2 The Marine Mammal Center, 1065 Fort Cronkhite, Marin Headlands, Sausalito, CA 94965, USA; Email: [email protected]
* Author to whom correspondence should be addressed.
Received: 28 February 2008; in revised form: 26 May 2008 / Accepted: 29 May 2008 / Published: 6 June 2008
Review: In Utero Domoic Acid Toxicity: A Fetal Basis to Adult Disease in the California Sea Lion (Zalophus californianus)Mar.
Drugs 2008,
6, 262-290 (PDF
format 7650K); DOI:
10.3390/md20080013(This
paper belongs to Special Issue "Marine
Toxins" edited
by Dr. Alejandro
Mayer)
Catherine J. Walsh 1,*, Stephanie R. Leggett 1, Kathryn Strohbehn 1, Richard H. Pierce 2 and John W. Sleasman 3
1 Marine Immunology Program, Center for Shark Research, Mote Marine Laboratory, Sarasota, FL 34236, USA
2 Chemical Fate and Effects Program, Center for Ecotoxicology, Mote Marine Laboratory, Sarasota, FL 34236, USA
3
Division of Allergy, Immunology, and Rheumatology, Department of
Pediatrics, University of South Florida, All Children’s Hospital, St.
Petersburg, FL 33701, USA
* Author to whom correspondence should be addressed; Tel.: +1-941-388-4441x302; Fax: +1-941-388-4312; E-mail: [email protected]
Received: 3 January 2008; in revised form: 27 May 2008 / Accepted: 4 June 2008 / Published: 10 June 2008
Article: Effects of in vitro Brevetoxin Exposure on Apoptosis and Cellular Metabolism in a Leukemic T Cell Line (Jurkat)Mar.
Drugs 2008,
6, 291-307 (PDF
format 293K); DOI:
10.3390/md20080014(This
paper belongs to Special Issue "Marine
Toxins" edited
by Dr. Alejandro
Mayer)
Jonathan R. Deeds 1,*, Jan H. Landsberg 2,*, Stacey M. Etheridge 1, Grant C. Pitcher 3 and Sara Watt Longan 4
1
US Food and Drug Administration Center for Food Safety and Applied
Nutrition, 5100 Paint Branch Parkway, College Park, Maryland, 20723, USA
2
Fish and Wildlife Research Institute, Florida Fish and Wildlife
Conservation Commission, 100 Eighth Avenue Southeast, St. Petersburg,
Florida, 33712, USA
3 Marine and Coastal Management, Cape Town, South Africa
4 State of Alaska Department of Environmental Conservation, Anchorage, AK, USA
*
Authors to whom correspondence should be addressed; Tel.:
+1-301-436-1474; Fax: +1-301-436-2624; E-mail:
[email protected] (J.R. Deeds); or Tel.: +1-727-896-8626;
Fax: +1-727-823-0166; E-mail: [email protected] (J.H.
Landsberg).
Received: 14 March 2008; in revised form: 3 June 2008 / Accepted: 3 June 2008 / Published: 11 June 2008
Review: Non-Traditional Vectors for Paralytic Shellfish Poisoning
Mar.
Drugs 2008,
6, 308-348 (PDF
format 1136K); DOI:
10.3390/md20080015(This
paper belongs to Special Issue "Marine
Toxins" edited
by Dr. Alejandro
Mayer)
Da-Zhi WangState
Key Lab of Marine Environmental Science / Environmental Science
Research Center, Xiamen University, Xiamen 361005, P.R. China
Tel.: +86-592-2186016; Fax: +86-592-2180655; E-mail: [email protected]
Received: 9 March 2008; in revised form: 14 May 2008 / Accepted: 14 May 2008 / Published: 11 June 2008
Review: Neurotoxins from Marine Dinoflagellates: A Brief Review
Mar.
Drugs 2008,
6, 349-371 (PDF
format 520K); DOI:
10.3390/md20080016(This
paper belongs to Special Issue "Marine
Toxins" edited
by Dr. Alejandro
Mayer)
Lorentz Jäntschi 1 and Sorana D. Bolboacă 1,2,*
1 Technical University of Cluj-Napoca, 103-105 Muncii Bvd, 400641 Cluj-Napoca, Romania; E-mail: [email protected]
2
Iuliu Hatieganu University of Medicine and Pharmacy Cluj-Napoca,
Department of Medical Informatics and Biostatistics, 6 Louis Pasteur,
400349 Cluj-Napoca, Romania
* Author to whom correspondence should be addressed; Tel.: +4-0264-431697; Fax: +4-0264-593847; E-mail: [email protected].
Received: 22 March 2008; in revised form: 15 May 2008 / Accepted: 13 June 2008 / Published: 26 June 2008
Article: A Structural Modelling Study on Marine Sediments Toxicity
Mar.
Drugs 2008,
6, 372-388 (PDF
format 258K); DOI:
10.3390/md20080017Lorraine C. Backer 1,*, Wayne Carmichael 2, Barbara Kirkpatrick 3, Christopher Williams 4, Mitch Irvin 5, Yue Zhou 5, Trisha B. Johnson 6,7, Kate Nierenberg 3, Vincent R. Hill 6, Stephanie M. Kieszak 1 and Yung-Sung Cheng 51
National Center for Environmental Health, Centers for Disease Control
and Prevention, 4770 Buford Highway NE, Chamblee, Georgia 30341, USA
2
Department of Biological Sciences, Wright State University, 3640
Colonel Glen Highway, Dayton, Ohio 45435. Current address: 42184
Tweedle Lane, Seaside, Oregon 97138, USA
3 Mote Marine Laboratory, 1600 Ken Thompson Parkway, Sarasota, Florida 34236, USA
4 Greenwater Laboratories, 205 Zaegler Drive, Pakatka, Florida 32177, USA
5 Lovelace Respiratory Research Institute, Inhalation Toxicology Laboratory, P.O. Box 5890, Albuquerque, New Mexico 87285, USA
6
National Center for Zoonotic, Vector-Borne, and Enteric Diseases,
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 4770 Buford Highway NE,
Chamblee, Georgia 30341, USA
7 Atlanta Research and Education Foundation, 1670 Clairmont Road, Decatur, Georgia 30033, USA
* Author to whom correspondence should be addressed; E-mail:
[email protected]; Tel: +1-770-488-3426; Fax: +1-770-488-3450.
Received: 6 February 2008; in revised form: 5 June 2008 / Accepted: 19 June 2008 / Published: 26 June 2008
Article: Recreational Exposure to Low Concentrations of Microcystins During an Algal Bloom in a Small LakeMar.
Drugs 2008,
6, 389-406 (PDF
format 247K); DOI:
10.3390/md20080018(This
paper belongs to Special Issue "Marine
Toxins" edited
by Dr. Alejandro
Mayer)
Issue 3 (September
2008) pages 407-513
Anthony Courtois 1,2, Christelle Simon-Colin 1, Claire Boisset 1, Christian Berthou 2, Eric Deslandes 3, Jean Guézennec 1 and Anne Bordron 2,*1
Biotechnologies and Marine Molecules laboratory, IFREMER – Brest
Center, Technopôle Brest-Iroise, France; E-mails:
[email protected] (A.C.);
[email protected]
(C.S.-C);
[email protected] (C.B.);
[email protected]
(J.G.)
2 Cellular Therapy and Immunobiology of Cancer laboratory,
EA2216, Brest University Hospital, France; E-mails:
[email protected] (C.B.);
[email protected] (A.B.)
3
Ecophysiology and Biotechnology of Halophytes and marine Algae
laboratory (LEBHAM), European Institute of Marine Studies, University
of Western Brittany, Technopôle de Brest-Iroise E-mail:
[email protected] (E.D.)
* Author to whom correspondence
should be addressed. Tel., +33-298-22-30-28; Fax, +33-298-22-30-28;
E-mail:
[email protected]Received: 7 December 2007 / Accepted: 5 June 2008 / Published: 10 July 2008Article: Floridoside Extracted from the Red Alga Mastocarpus stellatus Is a Potent Activator of the Classical Complement PathwayMar.
Drugs 2008,
6, 407-417 (PDF
format 247K); DOI:
10.3390/md20080019 Liyan Song 1,2, Shengfang Ren 2, Rongmin Yu 2,*, Chunyan Yan 2, Tingfei Li 2 and Yu Zhao 1,*1 College of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou 310058, P.R. China
2 College of Pharmacy, Jinan University, Guangzhou 510632, P.R. China
*
Authors to whom correspondence should be addressed; Tel.:
+86-20-85220386; Fax: +86-20-85224766; Email:
[email protected] (R.M.
Yu); and Tel.: +86-571-89002539; Fax: +86-571-89002539; Email:
[email protected] (Y. Zhao)
Received: 2 February 2008; in revised form:8 April 2008 / Accepted: 26 June 2008 / Published: 10 July 2008
Article: Purification, Characterization and in vitro Anti-Tumor Activity of Proteins from Arca subcrenata LischkeMar.
Drugs 2008,
6, 418-430 (PDF
format 683K); DOI:
10.3390/md20080020 Sharon M. Watkins 1,*, Andrew Reich 1, Lora E. Fleming 2 and Roberta Hammond 31 Aquatic Toxins Program, Division of Environmental Health, Florida Department of Health, Tallahassee, FL 32399-1712, USA
2
NSF NIEHS Oceans and Human Health Center, Rosenstiel School of Marine
and Atmospheric Sciences, University of Miami, FL 33136, USA
3 Food
and Waterborne Disease Program, Division of Environmental Health,
Florida Department of Health, Tallahassee, FL 32399-1712, USA
*
Author to whom correspondence should be addressed; Tel.:
+1-850-245-4444 ext. 3939; Fax: +1-850-487-0864; E-Mail:
[email protected]Received: 26 February 2008; in revised form: 17 June 2008 / Accepted: 24 June 2008 / Published: 12 July 2008 Review: Neurotoxic Shellfish PoisoningMar.
Drugs 2008,
6, 430-455 (PDF
format 258K); DOI:
10.3390/md20080021(This
paper belongs to Special Issue "Marine
Toxins" edited
by Dr. Alejandro
Mayer) Melissa A. Friedman 1,2,*, Lora E. Fleming 2, Mercedes Fernandez 3, Paul Bienfang 4, Kathleen Schrank 5, Robert Dickey 6, Marie-Yasmine Bottein 7, Lorraine Backer 8, Ram Ayyar 9, Richard Weisman 10, Sharon Watkins 11, Ray Granade 6 and Andrew Reich 111 Mount Sinai Medical Center, Miami Beach, Florida 33140, USA
2 NSF NIEHS Oceans and Human Health Center, Rosenstiel School of Marine and Atmospheric Sciences, Miami, FL 33136, USA
3 Carlos Albizu University, Miami, FL 33172, USA
4 University of Hawaii, Honolulu, HI 96822, USA
5 University of Miami Department of Medicine/Jackson Memorial Medical Center, Miami, FL 33136, USA
6
Food and Drug Administration, Division of Seafood Science and
Technology, Center for Food Safety and Nutrition, Dauphin Island,
AL 36528, USA
7 NOAA-National Ocean Service, Center for Coastal Environmental Health and Biomolecular Research, Charleston, SC 29412, USA
8 National Center for Environmental Health, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, GA 30341, USA
9 University of Miami Department of Neurology, Miami, FL 33136, USA
10 Florida Poison Information Center, Miami, FL 33136, USA
11 Aquatic Toxins Program, Division of Environmental Health, Florida Department of Health, Tallahassee, FL 32399, USA
*
Author to whom correspondence should be addressed; Email:
[email protected]; Mailing address: University of Miami Rosenstiel
School of Marine and Atmospheric Science, NSF/NIEHS Oceans & Human
Health Center, 4600 Rickenbacker Causeway, East Grosvenor
Building, #E211, Key Biscayne, FL 33149 (Internal Locator: VK). Fax:
(305) 421-4833.
Received: 28 February 2008; Received in revised form: 24 July 2008 / Accepted: 19 August 2008 / Published: 21 August 2008Review: Ciguatera Fish Poisoning: Treatment, Prevention and ManagementMar. Drugs 2008,
6, 456-479 (PDF
format 698K); DOI:
10.3390/md20080022(This
paper belongs to Special Issue "Marine
Toxins" edited
by Dr. Alejandro
Mayer) Dexin Kong 1,#, Shunji Aoki 1, Yoshihiro Sowa 2, Toshiyuki Sakai 2 and Motomasa Kobayashi 1,*1 Graduate School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Osaka University, Yamada-oka 1-6, Suita, Osaka 565-0871, Japan
2 Department of Preventive Medicine, Kyoto Prefectural University of
Medicine, Kawaramachi-Hirokoji, Kamigyo-ku, Kyoto 602-8566, Japan
# Present address: Division of Molecular Pharmacology, Cancer
Chemotherapy Center, Japanese Foundation for Cancer Research, Tokyo
135-8550, Japan
* Author to whom correspondence should be addressed. Email:
[email protected]Received: 23 January 2008; in revised form: 10 July 2008 / Accepted: 14 July 2008 / Published: 26 August 2008Article: Smenospongine, a Sesquiterpene Aminoquinone from Marine Sponge, Induces G1 Arrest or Apoptosis in Different Leukemia CellsMar. Drugs 2008,
6, 480-488 (PDF
format 336K); DOI:
10.3390/md20080023 Beatriz Paz 1, Antonio H. Daranas 2,3, Patricia G. Cruz 2, José M. Franco 1,*, Manuel Norte 2 and José J. Fernández 2,*1
Fitoplancton Tóxico, Instituto de Investigaciones Marinas (CSIC),
Eduardo Cabello 6, 36080 Vigo and Instituto Español de Oceanografía,
Centro Oceanográfico de Vigo (IEO), Cabo Estay, 36200 Vigo, Spain.
E-mails:
[email protected] (B. Paz);
[email protected] (J.M.
Franco)
2 Instituto Universitario de Bio-Orgánica “Antonio
González”, Universidad de La Laguna, Astrofísico Francisco Sánchez 2,
38206 La Laguna, Tenerife, Spain. E-mails:
[email protected] (A.
Daranas);
[email protected] (M. Norte);
[email protected] (J.J. Fernández)
3
Departamento de Ingeniería Química y Tecnología Farmacéutica;
Universidad de La Laguna; Av. Astrofísico Francisco Sánchez 1, 38071,
La Laguna, Tenerife, Spain
* Author to whom correspondence should be
addressed. Tel: +34-986-492-111; Fax: +34-986-498-626 (J.M. Franco) and
Tel: +34-922-318-586; Fax: +34-922-318-571 (J.J. Fernández)
Received: 9 July 2008; 10 August 2008 / Accepted: 26 August 2008 / Published: 28 August 2008Article: Identification of a
New Diarrhetic Shellfish Poisoning Toxin, 19-epi-okadaic Acid by Liquid
Chromatography with Mass Spectrometry DetectionMar. Drugs 2008,
6, 489-495 (PDF
format 336K); DOI:
10.3390/md20080024
Gian Luigi Mariottini 1,*, Elisabetta Giacco 1 and Luigi Pane 21
Dipartimento di Biologia, Università di Genova, Viale Benedetto XV 5,
I-16132, Genova, Italy; E-mails:
[email protected];
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Received: 12 March 2008; in revised form: 18 July 2008 / Accepted: 30 July 2008 / Published: 4 September 2008
Review: The Mauve Stinger Pelagia noctiluca (Forsskål, 1775). Distribution, Ecology, Toxicity and Epidemiology of Stings. A ReviewMar. Drugs 2008,
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