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Preferred term

Tetrodotoxin  

Type

  • mesh:Descriptor

Definition

  • An aminoperhydroquinazoline poison found mainly in the liver and ovaries of fishes in the order TETRAODONTIFORMES, which are eaten. The toxin causes paresthesia and paralysis through interference with neuromuscular conduction.

Entry terms

  • 4368-28-9
  • Fugu Toxin
  • Tarichatoxin
  • Tetradotoxin

In other languages

  • French

  • 4368-28-9
  • Tarichatoxine
  • Toxine de Fugu
  • Toxine de tétraodon

URI

http://data.loterre.fr/ark:/67375/JVR-J9FK396B-2

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