Publications
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| [marine life envenomations: example in new caledonia]. | marine life in the waters of new caledonia is extraordinarily rich. however some of the animals inhabiting this wonderland are dangerous including a number of venomous species. a retrospective study conducted at the territorial hospital in noumea for the three-year period between 1995 and 1998 showed that nearly 200 people/year were victims of envenomation by marine animals. findings also indicated that the incidence of envenomation was rising as the practice of marine activities by the local po ... | 1999 | 10701210 |
| distribution and sequestration of palytoxin in coral reef animals. | in the reefs off the colombian coast (caribbean sea) and around lizard island, australia (pacific), palytoxin (ptx), which has been detected in zoanthid species of the genus palythoa, also occurred in various other marine organisms living in close association with zoanthid colonies, e.g. sponges (porifera), soft corals (alcyonaria), gorgonians (gorgonaria), mussels, and crustaceans. predators, e.g. polychaete worms (hermodice carunculata), a starfish (acanthaster planci) and fish (chaetodon spec ... | 1999 | 10482387 |
| skin and soft-tissue infections after injury in the ocean: culture methods and antibiotic therapy for marine bacteria. | isolated organisms from two common indo-pacific marine animals (echinometra mathaei urchins and acanthaster planci sea stars) likely to cause puncture wounds to recreational beachcombers, diverse, or operational military forces during amphibious assaults demonstrate why practitioners should consider their first choice for potential antibiotic therapy differently from their usual favorite antibiotics. the effects of thiosulfate-citrate-bile-sucrose (tcbs) agar, varying salt concentrations in the ... | 1999 | 10091493 |
| effect of the spine venom from the crown-of-thorns starfish, acanthaster planci, on drug-metabolizing enzyme in rat liver. | the effect of spine venom from the crown-of-thorns starfish (acanthaster planci) on drug-metabolizing enzymes in rat liver was studied. the spine venom was prepared by saturation of spine homogenate with ammonium sulfate and the protein fraction precipitating 50% saturation was used as venom b. venom a was the protein precipitated between 50 and 100% saturation. when venom b (100-200 mg/kg) was given to rats, liver microsomal gsh s-transferase and cytochrome p450 activities decreased while cytos ... | 1998 | 9922945 |
| analysis for sites of anticoagulant action of plancinin, a new anticoagulant peptide isolated from the starfish acanthaster planci, in the blood coagulation cascade. | 1. effects of plancinin, a new anticoagulant peptide, on the human blood coagulation cascade were investigated. 2. plancinin prolonged both activated partial thromboplastin time and prothrombin time, and it significantly inhibited factor x activation by both intrinsic (factor ixa-factor viiia-phospholipids-ca2+) and extrinsic (factor viia-tissue factor-phospholipids-ca2+) tenase complexes and prothrombin activation by prothrombinase complex (factor xa-factor va-phospholipids-ca2+) to 13.8%, 4.8% ... | 1998 | 9688472 |
| purification and properties of phospholipases a2 from the crown-of-thorns starfish (acanthaster planci) venom. | two phospholipases a < inf2 (named ap-pla2-i and ii) were purified from the crown-of-thorns starfish (acanthaster planci) venom. both enzymes were confirmed to be pla2s, based on the results that they showed hemolytic activity only in the presence of phosphatidylcholine (pc) and also released fluorescent fatty acids from pc with labeled fatty acids at the sn-2 position. the enzyme activity of both pla2s was enhanced by ca2+ but reduced by cu2+ and zn2+. the molecular mass of ap-pla2-i was estima ... | 1998 | 9643471 |
| toxins from the starfish acanthaster planci and asterina pectinifera. | 1997 | 9428101 | |
| purification of anticoagulant factor from the spine venom of the crown-of-thorns starfish, acanthaster planci. | the fraction with anticoagulant activity was purified from the spine venom of acanthaster planci by fractionation with ammonium sulfate followed by column chromatography and designated plancinin. its molecular weight determined by tricine-sds polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis was about 7500 in native form and about 3000 in reduced conditions. plancinin showed neither platelet aggregation nor an enhancement of vascular permeability. fibrin formation time was prolonged by 25 micrograms of plancin ... | 1996 | 8875774 |
| smooth muscle contractile action of the venom from the crown-of-thorns starfish, acanthaster planci. | the fraction (venom b) of spine venom from the crown-of-thorns starfish (acanthaster planci) caused contractions of the uterus of rats and enhanced vascular permeability in rabbits. the venom b-induced contraction of the smooth muscle was depressed by inhibitors of prostaglandin synthesis such as indomethacin or aspirin, but not by the anticholinergic agent, atropine. the fraction with the uterus contractile action was partially purified from venom b through column chromatography. this fraction ... | 1996 | 8852284 |
| [our investigation on the chemistry of biologically active natural products. with the object of exploitation for structure determination methods, and elucidation of vital function]. | our investigation on the chemistry of biologically active natural products during the last 40 years since 1953 are reviewed in this paper. the following subjects are discussed: i. photochemical relationship between rhodopsin and compounds related to areca alkaloid, ii. furanoid diterpenoid constituents from dioscoreaceae plants and colombo root, iii. field desorption and fast atom bombardment mass spectrometry of biologically active natural glycosides and glycosphingolipids, iv. investigation of ... | 1993 | 8509990 |
| haemodynamic and haematologic effects of acanthaster planci venom in dogs. | this study was designed to examine haemodynamic and haematologic effects of the crown-of-thorns starfish venom (acanthaster planci venom: apv) in dogs. severe systemic hypotension, thrombocytopenia and leukopenia were induced by apv (1.0 mg protein/kg i.v.), followed by gradual return to the baseline level within 60 min. hypotension was presumably caused by two factors: an early decrease in systemic vascular resistance and the large reduction in cardiac output due to reduced ventricular filling. ... | 1994 | 7846692 |
| identification of 23-demethylacanthasterol in an asteroid, acanthaster planci and its synthesis. | 23-demethylacanthasterol was identified in an asteroid, acanthaster planci, by gc-ms analysis and direct comparison with the synthetic sample prepared from 23-demethylgorgosterol. the sterol composition of a. planci is also described. | 1980 | 6893371 |
| field and laboratory observations of the crown-of-thorns starfish, acanthaster planci. | 1970 | 5473979 | |
| crown-of-thorns starfish wounds--some observations on injury sites. | 2005 | 5033350 | |
| 5 -pregn-9(11)-ene-3 ,6 -diol-20-one and 5 -cholesta-9(11),20(22)-diene-3 ,6 -diol-23-one. two novel steroids from the starfish acanthaster planci. | 1972 | 5032505 | |
| organochlorines in the seastar acanthaster planci. | 1972 | 4669497 | |
| triggering of the stomach eversion reflex of acanthaster planci by coral extracts. | 1970 | 4394408 | |
| locomotory response of acanthaster planci to various species of coral. | 1970 | 4394407 | |
| polychlorinated biphenyls in the seastar acanthaster planci. | 1973 | 4203182 | |
| purification and characterization of a lethal factor in venom from the crown-of-thorns starfish (acanthaster planci). | a lethal factor in venom of the crown-of-thorns starfish (acanthaster planci) was obtained in an electrophoretically pure state by chromatography on cm-cellulose and sephadex g-100. the purified lethal factor is a basic (pi 10.6) glycoprotein (carbohydrate content 3.5%). the mol. wt was estimated to be 20,000 by gel filtration or 25,000 by sds-disc electrophoresis, suggesting that the lethal factor has no subunit structure. despite its basicity, the lethal factor was richer in acidic amino acids ... | 2011 | 3245052 |
| lipolytic enzymes of the digestive organs of the crown-of-thorns starfish (acanthaster planci): comparison of the stomach and pyloric caeca. | 1. stomach and pyloric caeca homogenates from the crown-of-thorns starfish hydrolysed p-nitrophenyl esters, alpha-naphthyl esters, cholesteryl oleate and tributyrin. the pyloric caeca contained the highest activities. 2. the p-nitrophenyl acetate hydrolytic activity eluted at 0.23 m nacl on ion exchange chromatography while the p-nitrophenyl palmitate hydrolytic activity eluted between 0.2 and 1.0 m nacl. 3. polyacrylamide gel zymograms for alpha-naphthyl acetate hydrolytic activity revealed one ... | 1989 | 2721155 |
| liver damage by the crown-of-thorns starfish (acanthaster planci) lethal factor. | upon autopsy of mice injected with the crown-of-thorns starfish (acanthaster planci) lethal factor, a change in color of the liver, swelling of the gall bladder and jaundice were observed. after administration of the lethal factor into mice, activities of glutamic oxaloacetic transaminase (got), glutamic pyruvic transaminase (gpt), lactate dehydrogenase (ldh), acid phosphatase (acp) and alkaline phosphatase (alp) were significantly elevated in serum. hepatic alp also increased markedly but hepat ... | 1990 | 2389250 |
| cardiovascular effects of acanthaster planci venom in the rat: possible involvement of paf in its hypotensive effect. | cardiovascular effects of the crowns-of-thorns starfish (acanthaster planci) venom were examined in rats. the crude venom extracted from the spines of a. planci caused systemic hypotension associated with an increase in heart rate and a decrease in renal cortical blood flow when given i.v. the hypotensive effect of the venom was not inhibited by pretreatment with atropine, indomethacin or aprotinin, but was significantly inhibited by sri 63-441, a platelet activating factor (paf) antagonist. the ... | 1992 | 1440631 |
| wax digestion in a crown-of-thorns starfish. | 1975 | 1175363 | |
| spawning pheromone in crown-of-thorns starfish. | 1975 | 1117997 | |
| hybrid crown-of-thorns starfish (acanthaster planci xa. brevispinus) reared to maturity in the laboratory. | 1976 | 972678 | |
| isolation and partial characterization of steroid glycosides from the starfish acanthaster planci. | 1976 | 175992 | |
| aversive behaviour of crown-of-thorns starfish to coral evoked by food-related chemicals. | 1976 | 9591 |