The Incidence of Tetrodotoxin and Its Analogs in the Indian Ocean and the Red Sea

Tetrodotoxin (TTX) is a potent marine neurotoxin with bacterial origin. To date, around 28 analogs of TTX are known, but only 12 were detected in marine organisms, namely TTX, 11-oxoTTX, 11-deoxyTTX, 11-norTTX-6(R)-ol, 11-norTTX-6(S)-ol, 4-epiTTX, 4,9-anhydroTTX, 5,6,11-trideoxyTTX, 4-CysTTX, 5-deox...

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Main Authors: Isidro José Tamele, Marisa Silva, Vitor Vasconcelos
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2019-01-01
Series:Marine Drugs
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Online Access:http://www.mdpi.com/1660-3397/17/1/28