Brevetoxin

Brevetoxin

Brevetoxin (PbTx), or brevetoxins, are a suite of cyclic polyether compounds produced naturally by a species of dinoflagellate known as "Karenia brevis". Brevetoxins are neurotoxins that bind to voltage-gated sodium channels in nerve cells, leading to disruption of normal neurological processes and causing the illness clinically described as Neurotoxic Shellfish Poisoning (NSP).

Other Brevetoxins:
*Brevetoxin-5 (PbTx-5): like PbTx-3, but acetylated hydroxyl group in position 38.
*Brevetoxin-6 (PbTx-6): like PbTx-2, but double bond 27-28 is epoxidated.

Brevetoxin-2 was synthesized in 1995 by K. C. Nicolaou and coworkers in 123 steps with 91% average yield (final yield ~9·10-6). [ [http://www.chemistry.msu.edu/courses/cem852/classics/Chapter37.pdf Microsoft PowerPoint - brevetoxin synthesis ] ]

References

See also

*Red tide
*Algal bloom
*Harmful algal bloom
*Karenia brevis


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