Transformation of Gonyautoxins in the Xanthid Crab Atergatis floridus

Fisheries Science

Volumn 64, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 334-337

  Arakawa, Osamu ^a   Noguchi, Tamao ^b   Onoue, Yoshio ^a  

^a KAGOSHIMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b NAGASAKI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Atergatis floridus; Bioconversion; Gonyautoxin; Paralytic shellfish poison; Saxitoxin; Xanthid crab

Indexed keywords

EID: 0347802992     PISSN: 09199268     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2331/fishsci.64.334     Document Type: Article

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