Tetrodotoxin does not protect red-spotted newts, Notophthalmus viridescens, from intestinal parasites

Toxicon

Volumn 60, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 66-69

  Mebs, Dietrich ^a   Yotsu Yamashita, Mari ^b   Seitz, Hanns Martin ^c   Arakawa, Osamu ^d  

^a GOETHE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b TOHOKU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BONN   (Germany)

^d NAGASAKI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

6 Epitetrodotoxin; Intestinal parasites; Newt; Notophthalmus viridescens; Tetrodotoxin

Indexed keywords

TETRODOTOXIN;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BIOACCUMULATION; CESTODE; CONTROLLED STUDY; IMMUNOHISTOLOGY; INTESTINE PARASITE; NONHUMAN; NOTOPHTHALMUS VIRIDESCENS; PARASITE EXAMINATION; PARASITE IDENTIFICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION; TOXIN ANALYSIS; TREMATODE; TRICHUROIDEA; XENOBIOTIC METABOLISM;

ANIMALS; INTESTINES; SALAMANDRIDAE; TETRODOTOXIN;

CESTODA; NEMATODA; NOTOPHTHALMUS VIRIDESCENS; PSEUDOPHYLLIDAE; SALAMANDRIDAE; TREMATODA;

EID: 84859795650     PISSN: 00410101     EISSN: 18793150     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.toxicon.2012.03.017     Document Type: Article

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