Toxic/mutagenic potentials of Gambierdiscus toxicus (GT) and Prorocentrum lima (PL) methanol extracts (CME) were determined using brine shrimp (Artemia salina), mouse, chicken embryo and Salmonella microsomal assays. PL-CME and GT-CME were toxic to shrimp and mice. Isolation and separation were accomplished using ether/water, hexane/methanol partition and butanol extraction. Toxic fractions were purified using column and thin layer chromatography (TLC). GT-CME showed low levels of mutagenic potential. For GT isolated fractions and PL-CME, no mutagenic effects were observed. Both CMEs showed embryotoxicity, with no teratogenic effects. Ether/methanol and water/butanol fractions showed shrimp toxicity. These fractions were purified by treatment with warm/cold acetone. Acetone insoluble precipitates were obtained. Ether soluble acetone filtrate (ESAF) and butanol soluble acetone precipitate (BSAP) showed shrimp and mouse toxicity. GT-BSAP produced temperature depression in mice. Three toxic isolates were obtained from PL-ESAF, four from GT-ESAF and one from both BSAPs columns. TLC preparative plates showed at least 12 toxic isolates for PL-ESAF, 8 for GT-ESAF and 4 for GT-BSAP.
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:arizona.edu/oai:arizona.openrepository.com:10150/277164 |
| Date | January 1989 |
| Creators | Juranovic, Lillian Regina, 1962- |
| Contributors | Park, Douglas L. |
| Publisher | The University of Arizona. |
| Source Sets | University of Arizona |
| Language | en_US |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | text, Thesis-Reproduction (electronic) |
| Rights | Copyright © is held by the author. Digital access to this material is made possible by the University Libraries, University of Arizona. Further transmission, reproduction or presentation (such as public display or performance) of protected items is prohibited except with permission of the author. |
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