This article is an editoril to present and comment the content of a monographic issue of Toxicon devoted to palytoxin-group compounds and the algal species of the genus Ostreopsis which produce them. The editoril explains that the monographic issue has been aimed to gather original and review articles providing a comprehensive update of chemical characteristics, biological origins and actions of palytoxin-group compounds. This collection of papers is intended neither to provide exhaustive answers to complex questions, nor to give ultimate solutions to sensitive matter. In turn, the contributions and Authors have been identified to address both established facts and unsettled issues The major aims of this collection of papers are to provide interested readers with critical presentations of existing data, and support further studies as well as new insights onto palytoxin-group toxins and the organisms producing them.

New challenges from an “old” toxin / Rossini, Gian Paolo. - In: TOXICON. - ISSN 0041-0101. - STAMPA. - 57:(2011), pp. 359-361. [10.1016/j.toxicon.2011.01.011]

New challenges from an “old” toxin

ROSSINI, Gian Paolo
2011

Abstract

This article is an editoril to present and comment the content of a monographic issue of Toxicon devoted to palytoxin-group compounds and the algal species of the genus Ostreopsis which produce them. The editoril explains that the monographic issue has been aimed to gather original and review articles providing a comprehensive update of chemical characteristics, biological origins and actions of palytoxin-group compounds. This collection of papers is intended neither to provide exhaustive answers to complex questions, nor to give ultimate solutions to sensitive matter. In turn, the contributions and Authors have been identified to address both established facts and unsettled issues The major aims of this collection of papers are to provide interested readers with critical presentations of existing data, and support further studies as well as new insights onto palytoxin-group toxins and the organisms producing them.
2011
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359
361
New challenges from an “old” toxin / Rossini, Gian Paolo. - In: TOXICON. - ISSN 0041-0101. - STAMPA. - 57:(2011), pp. 359-361. [10.1016/j.toxicon.2011.01.011]
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