Tetrodotoxin: A potent marine toxin

Toxin Reviews

Volumn 29, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 60-70

  Saoudi, Mongi ^a,b   Abdelmouleh, Abdelwaheb ^b   El Feki, Abdelfattah ^a  

^a University of Sfax   (Tunisia)

^b INSTITUT NATIONAL DES SCIENCES ET TECHNOLOGIES DE LA MER   (Tunisia)

Author keywords

Clinical effects; Neurotoxin; Puffer fish poisoning; Tetrodotoxin; Treatment

Indexed keywords

ACTIVATED CARBON; ARTEMISIA CAMPESTRIS EXTRACT; ATROPINE; CHOLINESTERASE INHIBITOR; EDROPHONIUM; MARINE TOXIN; NEOSTIGMINE; PLANT EXTRACT; SODIUM CHANNEL; TETRODOTOXIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ACTION POTENTIAL; ARTEMISIA; ARTEMISIA CAMPESTRIS; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; BIOASSAY; BIOSYNTHESIS; CLINICAL FEATURE; ENDOTRACHEAL INTUBATION; FOOD CONTAMINATION; FOOD POISONING; HEART ARREST; HEMODIALYSIS; HUMAN; INTOXICATION; LABORATORY TEST; MUSCLE WEAKNESS; NONHUMAN; REVIEW; TOXIC FISH; TOXICOKINETICS; TOXIN ANALYSIS; TOXIN SYNTHESIS; TRADITIONAL MEDICINE;

ANIMALIA; TETRAODONTIDAE;

EID: 77953327739     PISSN: 15569543     EISSN: 15569551     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/15569543.2010.487631     Document Type: Review

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