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Industry
PROJECT NUMBER • 1992-125.22
PROJECT STATUS:
COMPLETED

Potential pharmaceutical products from Australian beche-de-mer

This final report details all work conducted under a 5 month pilot study funded by a small grant from the National Seafood Centre in December 1994. During this time we (i) collected and/or prepared dry powders from species of eviscerated holothurians; and (ii) evaluated extracts of the powdered...
ORGANISATION:
University of Queensland (UQ)
TAGS
Pharmaceutics
Disease
Biotechnology
SPECIES
Sea Cucumbers
Industry
Environment
Industry
PROJECT NUMBER • 1983-041
PROJECT STATUS:
COMPLETED

Pharmacology and pathology of ciguatera poisoning in mammals and studies on the possible effects of ciguatoxin on fish

Ciguatera poisoning is a form of seafood poisoning that occurs in humans after the ingestion of particular specimens of a variety of tropical marine fish species. Ciguatera poisoning is caused by the ingestion of small quantities of a very powerful toxin, ciguatoxin (CTX), that occurs in the tissues...
ORGANISATION:
University of Queensland (UQ)
TAGS
Toxin
Pharmaceutics
Food Safety
Disease
Diagnostic
Industry
PROJECT NUMBER • 2001-225
PROJECT STATUS:
COMPLETED

Development of sponge (Spongia Spp.) farming as a viable commercial enterprise for remote Aboriginal communities

Sponges have been employed for thousands of years for a wide variety of purposes, most commonly for basic hygiene (bath/toilet sponges), padding (historically under armour and saddles) and in certain manufacturing processes. World production from the wild harvest has, however, declined significantly...
ORGANISATION:
Charles Darwin University (CDU)
TAGS
Stock Assessment
Pharmaceutics
Market Opportunities
Indigenous
Disease
Adoption
Industry
PROJECT NUMBER • 1991-091
PROJECT STATUS:
COMPLETED

International Workshop on ciguatera management

An International Workshop on Ciguatera Management was held at QDPI's Joondoburri Conference Centre on Bribie Island, 13-16 April 1993. This meeting provided the first opportunity for discussion of issues related to ciguatera at an international forum in Australia. Fifty-six registrants participated...
ORGANISATION:
Department of Agriculture and Fisheries EcoScience Precinct
TAGS
Workshop
Trade
Toxin
Safety
Physiology
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