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

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
Subjects:
Indian Ocean
Red Sea
tetrodotoxin
pufferfish poisoning
Online Access:http://www.mdpi.com/1660-3397/17/1/28

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