Blue-ringed octopuses carry a killer concoction called tetrodotoxin (TTX), a potent neurotoxin that can paralyze living ...

Data=Ministry of Food and Drug Safety People who cooked and ate pufferfish themselves and showed symptoms of food poisoning caused by pufferfish poison were transferred to the hospital. According to ...

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Male blue-ringed octopuses use their toxic power to paralyze their larger mates. Want to learn more about these trickster ...

The pharmacological activity of tetrodotoxin on various animals, their organs and tissues has been extensively studied, and it was found that tetrodotoxin strongly inhibits nerve conduction (27).

A highly selective and sensitive method was developed for the determination of tetrodotoxin (TTX) in marine organisms by immunoaffinity chromatography (IAC) purification coupled with ultrahigh ...

Tetrodotoxin and its analogues are the causative toxins of pufferfish poisoning. Tetrodotoxin has been recently detected in bivalve mollusks collected in New Zealand and Europe, highlighting the need ...

Instead, it delivers tetrodotoxin (TTX) – the same neurotoxin found in pufferfish – through its saliva when it bites. The venom works by blocking sodium channels in nerve cell membranes, leading to ...

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