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Tetrodotoxin – Distribution and Accumulation in Aquatic Organisms, and Cases of Human Intoxication

Many pufferfish of the family Tetraodontidae possess a potent neurotoxin, tetrodotoxin (TTX). In marine pufferfish species, toxicity is generally high in the liver and ovary, whereas in brackish water and freshwater species, toxicity is higher in the skin. In 1964, the toxin of the California newt w...

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Autores principales: Noguchi, Tamao, Arakawa, Osamu
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Molecular Diversity Preservation International 2008
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2525488/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/18728726
http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/md20080011