Occurrence of Tetrodotoxin in Marine and Brackish Puffer Fish from East Malaysian Waters
Tetrodotoxin (TTX) is the toxic principle of puffer fish poisoning, a powerful and specific sodium channel blocker. TTX is exogenous in origin and accumulates in puffer fish through the food chain. Attempts were made to assess the toxicity, and verify toxin properties of marine and brackish puffers...
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2010
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