karlotoxin

English

Etymology

Karlodinium + toxin

Noun

karlotoxin (plural karlotoxins)

1. (toxicology) Any of a class of amphipathic toxins isolated from Karlodinium veneficum
   • 2015 July 22, “Progress in Understanding Algal Bloom-Mediated Fish Kills: The Role of Superoxide Radicals, Phycotoxins and Fatty Acids”, in PLOS ONE‎^[1], →DOI:

     Exposure of gill cells to algal extracts, brevetoxins and PST toxins was for 2 hrs, and to karlotoxin for 2, 3, 4 and 5 hrs.