 Saxitoxin
"Saxitoxin" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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A compound that contains a reduced purine ring system but is not biosynthetically related to the purine alkaloids. It is a poison found in certain edible mollusks at certain times; elaborated by GONYAULAX and consumed by mollusks, fishes, etc. without ill effects. It is neurotoxic and causes RESPIRATORY PARALYSIS and other effects in MAMMALS, known as paralytic SHELLFISH poisoning.
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D012530
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| MeSH Number(s) |
D03.633.100.759.794 D23.946.580.830
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| Concept/Terms |
Saxitoxin- Saxitoxin
- Saxitonin
- Gonyaulax Toxin
- Toxin, Gonyaulax
- Mitilotoxin
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| 2005 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Saxitoxin" by people in Profiles.
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Holstege CP, Bechtel LK, Reilly TH, Wispelwey BP, Dobmeier SG. Unusual but potential agents of terrorists. Emerg Med Clin North Am. 2007 May; 25(2):549-66; abstract xi.
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Gugger M, Lenoir S, Berger C, Ledreux A, Druart JC, Humbert JF, Guette C, Bernard C. First report in a river in France of the benthic cyanobacterium Phormidium favosum producing anatoxin-a associated with dog neurotoxicosis. Toxicon. 2005 Jun 01; 45(7):919-28.
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Scheinman RI, Auld VJ, Goldin AL, Davidson N, Dunn RJ, Catterall WA. Developmental regulation of sodium channel expression in the rat forebrain. J Biol Chem. 1989 Jun 25; 264(18):10660-6.
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