Palytoxin, PTX or PLTX is an intense vasoconstrictor, and is considered to be one of the most poisonous non-protein substances known, second only to maitotoxin...

members of this order contain the highly toxic substance palytoxin. Even in small quantities, Palytoxin can be fatal should it be ingested or enter the blood...

common. Fluorescent colored colonies also exist, but these are more rare. Palytoxin is a highly toxic fatty alcohol produced by many species of Palythoa,...

species of zoanthid native to Hawaii. It is notable as the species in which palytoxin was discovered and from which it was first isolated. P. toxica is an encrusting...

groups from natural product synthesis is the 1994 total synthesis of palytoxin acid by Yoshito Kishi's research group. Here 42 functional groups (39...

3390/md8061838. PMC 2901828. PMID 20631873. Ramos V, Vasconcelos V (June 2010). "Palytoxin and analogs: biological and ecological effects". Marine Drugs. 8 (7):...

similar polyether toxins, including ciguatoxin, maitotoxin and possibly palytoxin. Other dinoflagellates that may cause ciguatera include Prorocentrum spp...

(Xanthidae) Some members of the genus Palythoa produce the highly toxic palytoxin Rhodactis species It is common for sea cucumbers like Pearsonothuria graeffei...

Ostreopsis contain the vasoconstrictor palytoxin, one of the most toxic, non-protein substances known. Palytoxin was first isolated from the zoanthid Palythoa...

membrane Ca2+ ATPase (PMCA) and turns it into an ion channel, similar to how palytoxin turns the Na+/K+-ATPase into an ion channel. Ultimately, a necroptosis...