SAXITOXIN AS A TOXIC PRINCIPLE OF A FRESH-WATER PUFFER, TETRAODON FANGI, IN THAILAND

Authors
SATO S KODAMA M OGATA T SAITANU K FURUYA M HIRAYAMA K KAKINUMA K
Citation
S. Sato et al., SAXITOXIN AS A TOXIC PRINCIPLE OF A FRESH-WATER PUFFER, TETRAODON FANGI, IN THAILAND, Toxicon, 35(1), 1997, pp. 137-140
Citations number
20
Categorie Soggetti
Toxicology,"Pharmacology & Pharmacy
Journal title
Toxicon → ACNP
ISSN journal
00410101
Volume
35
Issue
1
Year of publication
1997
Pages
137 - 140
Database
ISI
SICI code
0041-0101(1997)35:1<137:SAATPO>2.0.ZU;2-A
Abstract
S. Sato, M. Kodama, T. Ogata, K. Saitanu, M. Furuya, K. Hirayama and K . Kakinuma. Saxitoxin as a toxic principle of a freshwater puffer, Tet raodon fangi, in Thailand. Toxicon 35, 137-140, 1997.-Saxitoxin was id entified in a freshwater puffer, Tetraodon fangi, which caused food po isoning in Thailand. Tetrodotoxin, a puffer toxin, was not detected in the species by the HPLC-fluorometric analysis, showing that tetrodoto xin is absent or under any detectable level. The result of this study shows that saxitoxin can be a major toxin in puffer. Copyright (C) 199 6 Elsevier Science Ltd.