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ciguatoxin

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ci·gua·tox·in  (sgw-tksn)
n.
A potent neurotoxin that is secreted by a dinoflagellate and can accumulate in the flesh of certain marine fish, such as grouper or snapper, causing ciguatera poisoning.
[cigua(tera) + toxin.]


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Assay results were positive and the ciguatoxin content of the fish sample was estimated to be 1.
Ciguatera fish poisoning, Canary Islands by Boada, Luis D. / Emerging Infectious Diseases
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Other dinollagellates that live in association with seaweeds on coral reefs produce ciguatoxin, which takes a similar shape and attacks the same channel.
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