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Isolation of a new toxin from the sponge Latrunculia magnifica in the Gulf of Aquaba (Red Sea)

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The sponge Latrunculia magnifica was found to be toxic for fish. A toxin has been isolated from this sponge by organic extraction-column chromatography and thin-layer chromatography. Several chemical properties of the toxin were determined by spectroscopic analysis. Toxicity tests were performed on the fish Gambusia affinis. In vitro experiments showed the toxin to be a cholinesterase inhibitor.

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  1. Department of Biochemistry, Tel-Aviv University, The George S. Wise Center for Life Sciences, Tel-Aviv, Israel

    I. Nèeman

  2. Department of Zoology, Tel-Aviv University, The George S. Wise Center for Life Sciences, Tel-Aviv, Israel

    L. Fishelson

  3. Department of Organic Chemistry, Tel-Aviv University, Tel-Aviv, Israel

    Y. Kashman

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Communicated by O. Kinne, Hamburg

Supported, in part, by a grant from the Smithsonian Institution SFC-70074.

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Nèeman, I., Fishelson, L. & Kashman, Y. Isolation of a new toxin from the sponge Latrunculia magnifica in the Gulf of Aquaba (Red Sea). Marine Biology 30, 293–296 (1975). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00390634

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