An updated review of tetrodotoxin and its peculiarities

P Katikou, C Gokbulut, AR Kosker, M Campàs… - Marine Drugs, 2022 - mdpi.com
Tetrodotoxin (TTX) is a crystalline, weakly basic, colorless organic substance and is one of
the most potent marine toxins known. Although TTX was first isolated from pufferfish, it has …

[HTML][HTML] Tetrodotoxin: Chemistry, toxicity, source, distribution and detection

V Bane, M Lehane, M Dikshit, A O'Riordan, A Furey - Toxins, 2014 - mdpi.com
Tetrodotoxin (TTX) is a naturally occurring toxin that has been responsible for human
intoxications and fatalities. Its usual route of toxicity is via the ingestion of contaminated …

[CARTE][B] Seafood and freshwater toxins: pharmacology, physiology, and detection

LM Botana - 2014 - books.google.com
The last few years have brought about many changes in the field of marine and freshwater
toxins, with advances in analytical technology and the realization that these toxins are a …

Saxitoxin Puffer Fish Poisoning in the United States, with the First Report of Pyrodinium bahamense as the Putative Toxin Source

JH Landsberg, S Hall, JN Johannessen… - Environmental …, 2006 - ehp.niehs.nih.gov
Background From January 2002 to May 2004, 28 puffer fish poisoning (PFP) cases in
Florida, New Jersey, Virginia, and New York were linked to the Indian River Lagoon (IRL) in …

First report on toxicity assessment of the Lessepsian migrant pufferfish Lagocephalus sceleratus (Gmelin, 1789) from European waters (Aegean Sea, Greece)

P Katikou, D Georgantelis, N Sinouris, A Petsi… - Toxicon, 2009 - Elsevier
According to the current European Union legislative requirements (Regulation 853/2004/EC;
Regulation 854/2004/EC, poisonous fish of the family Tetraodontidae and products derived …

A global retrospective study on human cases of tetrodotoxin (TTX) poisoning after seafood consumption

L Guardone, A Maneschi, V Meucci… - Food reviews …, 2020 - Taylor & Francis
The presented global retrospective study on human cases of tetrodotoxin (TTX) intoxication
caused by seafood consumption was aimed at updating the relative risk according to …

[HTML][HTML] An overview of the anatomical distribution of tetrodotoxin in animals

DI Melnikova, TY Magarlamov - Toxins, 2022 - mdpi.com
Tetrodotoxin (TTX), a potent paralytic sodium channel blocker, is an intriguing marine toxin.
Widely distributed in nature, TTX has attracted attention in various scientific fields, from …

Behavioral and chemical ecology of marine organisms with respect to tetrodotoxin

BL Williams - Marine Drugs, 2010 - mdpi.com
The behavioral and chemical ecology of marine organisms that possess tetrodotoxin (TTX)
has not been comprehensively reviewed in one work to date. The evidence for TTX as an …

First report on TTX levels of the yellow spotted pufferfish (Torquigener flavimaculosus) in the Mediterranean Sea

AR Kosker, F Özogul, M Durmus, Y Ucar, D Ayas… - Toxicon, 2018 - Elsevier
The differences of tetrodotoxin (TTX) levels in various parts of pufferfish (Torquigener
flavimaculosus) were examined in conjunction with the seasonal and sexual variations. The …

Comparison of sample preparation methods, validation of an UPLC–MS/MS procedure for the quantification of tetrodotoxin present in marine gastropods and analysis …

JK Nzoughet, K Campbell, P Barnes, KM Cooper… - Food chemistry, 2013 - Elsevier
Tetrodotoxin (TTX) is one of the most potent marine neurotoxins reported. The global
distribution of this toxin is spreading with the European Atlantic coastline now being affected …