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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.

Synonym(s)

  • 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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