Occurrence of saxitoxins as a major toxin in the ovary of a marine puffer Arothron firmamentum

Toxicon

Volumn 43, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 207-212

  Nakashima, Kazuhito ^a   Arakawa, Osamu ^b   Taniyama, Shigeto ^b   Nonaka, Mamoru ^c   Takatani, Tomohiro ^b   Yamamori, Kunio ^d   Fuchi, Yuichi ^e   Noguchi, Tamao ^f  

^a Japan Frozen Foods Inspection Corp   (Japan)

^b NAGASAKI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c Nagasaki Food Hygiene Association   (Japan)

^d KITASATO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^e Oita Prefectural Government   (Japan)

^f Japan Frozen Foods Inspection Corporation   (Japan)

Author keywords

Arothron firmamentum; Marine puffer; Paralytic shellfish poison; Saxitoxin; Tetrodotoxin

Indexed keywords

DECARBAMOYLSAXITOXIN; FISH VENOM; SAXITOXIN; TETRODOTOXIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ABSORPTION SPECTROSCOPY; ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; NONHUMAN; OVARY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUFFER FISH; SKIN; TOXICITY TESTING;

ACUTE TOXICITY TESTS; ANIMALS; BIOLOGICAL ASSAY; CHROMATOGRAPHY, HIGH PRESSURE LIQUID; FEMALE; JAPAN; MALE; MICE; OVARY; SAXITOXIN; SEAWATER; SKIN; TETRAODONTIFORMES; TETRODOTOXIN; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION;

AROTHRON;

EID: 1442359903     PISSN: 00410101     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.toxicon.2003.05.001     Document Type: Article

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