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Cover Picture: Maitotoxin: An Inspiration for Synthesis (Isr. J. Chem. 3‐4/2011)
Author(s) -
Nicolaou K. C.,
Aversa Robert J.
Publication year - 2011
Publication title -
israel journal of chemistry
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Reports
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.908
H-Index - 54
eISSN - 1869-5868
pISSN - 0021-2148
DOI - 10.1002/ijch.201190005
Subject(s) - dinoflagellate , chemistry , cover (algebra) , marine toxin , metabolite , stereochemistry , ecology , toxin , biochemistry , biology , mechanical engineering , engineering
The cover picture shows the molecular structure of maitotoxin, its producer organism (dinoflagellate Gambierdiscustoxicus ), and its carrier (surgeonfish Ctenochaetusstriatus ). With a molecular weight of 3422 Daltons, 32 rings, and 99 elements of isomerism, maitotoxin is the largest and most complex secondary metabolite known to date. (Image credits. Dinoflagellate: Dr. Steve Morton, NOAA; Surgeonfish: iStockphoto.com/©Shaun Lombard). The cover was contributed by K. C. Nicolaou (see Maitotoxin: An Inspiration for Synthesis , Nicolaou et al., p. 359 in this issue).