Talk:Palytoxin

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I believe the chemical structure is incorrect. John BLunt, a natural products expert, has confirmed this. The correct structure is available on ChemSPider here: http://www.chemspider.com/Chemical-Structure.9280425.html —Preceding unsigned comment added by ChemSpiderMan (talk • contribs) 14:49, 16 March 2009 (UTC)Reply

I too confirmed that the picture is uncorrect. Why didn't anybody remove it in 3 years? It took me a week to analyse why I mess up the chirality of this toxine when I suddenly realised that the problem was not with my naming skills rather than wiki's picture. There seems to be no good high-res alternatives out there. Please do not put back the wrong picture. (John Paul) — Preceding unsigned comment added by 213.101.134.17 (talk) 18:44, 18 November 2012 (UTC)Reply

I added the "dispute" sign on top of the article, because the IUPAC name does not match with the structure (R- and S- configurations). Chemspider's structure matches with the name, but current wiki's photo comes from a reputable source too. Where's the bug? P.S. By profession I am not a chemist, just somebody who is interested. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Osmoregulator (talk • contribs) 14:04, 26 November 2012 (UTC)Reply

I have replaced the dispute sign with a citation needed because it looked like the whole article was disuputed. Christian75 (talk) 13:20, 15 April 2014 (UTC)Reply

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An ever-increasing number of "highly toxic chemicals" has been shown to have legitimate medical uses in pure form and in managed and controlled doses. Is there any such for this guy? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 58.166.227.224 (talk) 06:01, 7 April 2018 (UTC)Reply

Is it supposed to be in a straight line, and was wrapped for simplicity purposes? if so this should be mentioned directly below the picture

There is an enormous number of conformations that this chemical compound could adopt. A "straight line" conformation is just one of them, as is the "wrapped" one shown in the image. Neither of these is known to be more relevant than any other. It is generally understood that 2D chemical structures are not intended to indicate any particular conformation, unless specified, and large chemical structures such as this one tend to be drawn compactly to best depict the structure without wasting space. -- Ed (Edgar181) 14:55, 28 May 2019 (UTC)Reply