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Heterocyclic Compounds > Heterocyclic Compounds, Fused-Ring > Heterocyclic Compounds, 2-Ring > Quinazolines > Tetrodotoxin
Biological Factors > Toxins, Biological > Marine Toxins > Tetrodotoxin

Preferred term

Tetrodotoxin  

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  • Topical Descriptor

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Entry terms

  • Fugu Toxin
  • Tarichatoxin
  • Tetradotoxin
  • Toxin, Fugu

Note

  • /antag permitted but consider also ANTITOXINS

Scope note

  • 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.

History note

  • 68(64)

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http://www.yso.fi/onto/mesh/D013779

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