DETECTION OF A PROTEINACEOUS TOXIN IN THE BRACKISHWATER CLAM (CORBICULA-JAPONICA)

Authors
SHIOMI K ARITA J NAGASHIMA Y SHINAGAWA A
Citation
K. Shiomi et al., DETECTION OF A PROTEINACEOUS TOXIN IN THE BRACKISHWATER CLAM (CORBICULA-JAPONICA), Toxicon, 33(5), 1995, pp. 699-702
Citations number
2
Categorie Soggetti
Toxicology,"Pharmacology & Pharmacy
Journal title
Toxicon → ACNP
ISSN journal
00410101
Volume
33
Issue
5
Year of publication
1995
Pages
699 - 702
Database
ISI
SICI code
0041-0101(1995)33:5<699:DOAPTI>2.0.ZU;2-P
Abstract
Water extracts from the brackishwater clam (Corbicula japonica) were f ound to be lethal to mice upon i.v. injection. Muscular tissues (foot muscle, adductor muscle, mantle muscle, mantle and siphon) were all to xic while gill and viscera (mid-gut gland, testis and ovary) were nont oxic; the highest toxicity was observed with foot muscle. The toxin wa s judged to be a thermolabile, basic protein with a mol. wt of about 1 3,000.