Isolation and structure of a new brevetoxin analog, brevetoxin B2, from greenshell mussels from New Zealand

Authors :: Heinrich F. Kaspar
Kazuya Murata
Hideo Naoki
Masayuki Satake
Takeshi Yasumoto
Source :: Tetrahedron. 54:735-742
Publication Year :: 1998
Publisher :: Elsevier BV, 1998.
Abstract: A new brevetoxin analog, brevetoxin B2 (BTXB2), was isolated from greenshell mussels, Perna canaliculus, collected at the time of the neurotoxic shellfish poisoning incident in New Zealand. The structure was elucidated based on NMR, CAD FAB MS/MS, and chemical degradation experiments.

Subjects :: Brevetoxin
animal structures
Chromatography
biology
Chemistry
Organic Chemistry
Drug Discovery
Neurotoxic shellfish poisoning
Nanotechnology
biology.organism_classification
Isolation (microbiology)
Biochemistry
Perna canaliculus

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