Other anti-inflammatory substances found in marine organisms include gracilin
A, norrisolide, dendrillolide A, and aplyroseols (Fig. 8.14) (Kim et al. 2013).
8.2.5 Research Reagents
Plant and animal toxins have long been in wide use as research reagents in neurophysiology. In the mid-1960s, the poison of the puffer fish was found to suppress
the flow of sodium ions into the cell by specifically blocking the membrane, which
Fig. 8.13 Substances isolated from sponges
Fig. 8.14 Substances isolated from marine organisms
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A, norrisolide, dendrillolide A, and aplyroseols (Fig. 8.14) (Kim et al. 2013).
8.2.5 Research Reagents
Plant and animal toxins have long been in wide use as research reagents in neurophysiology. In the mid-1960s, the poison of the puffer fish was found to suppress
the flow of sodium ions into the cell by specifically blocking the membrane, which
Fig. 8.13 Substances isolated from sponges
Fig. 8.14 Substances isolated from marine organisms
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