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Preferred term

Saxitoxin  

Type

  • mesh:Descriptor

Definition

  • A compound that contains a reduced purine ring system but is not biosynthetically related to the purine alkaloids. It is a poison found in certain edible mollusks at certain times; elaborated by GONYAULAX and consumed by mollusks, fishes, etc. without ill effects. It is neurotoxic and causes RESPIRATORY PARALYSIS and other effects in MAMMALS, known as paralytic SHELLFISH poisoning.

Synonym(s)

  • 35523-89-8
  • Gonyaulax Toxin
  • Mitilotoxin
  • Saxitonin

Pharmacological Action(s)

In other languages

  • French

  • 35523-89-8
  • Mytilotoxine
  • Toxine de Gonyaulax

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http://data.loterre.fr/ark:/67375/JVR-TB5V253W-P

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