TY - JOUR
T1 - Distribution of tetrodotoxin in the body of the blue-ringed octopus (Hapalochlaena maculosa)
AU - Yotsu-Yamashita, Mari
AU - Mebs, Dietrich
AU - Flachsenberger, Wolfgang
N1 - Funding Information:
We thank Peter Mirtschin, Tanunda, SA, Australia, for his support in collecting blue-ringed octopus. This work was supported by Nagase Science and Technology Foundation, and by Grants-in-Aid for Scientific Research on Priority Areas from MEXT (18032014), and from JSPS (17580091) to M.Y.-Y.
PY - 2007/3/1
Y1 - 2007/3/1
N2 - Tetrodotoxin (TTX) was quantitatively assayed in six specimens of semi- adult blue-ringed octopus, Hapalochlaena maculosa, by a post-column fluorescent-HPLC system. TTX was found to be present in all body parts, e.g. in high concentrations in the arms followed by the abdomen and cephalothorax. The toxin is not associated exclusively with the posterior salivary gland.
AB - Tetrodotoxin (TTX) was quantitatively assayed in six specimens of semi- adult blue-ringed octopus, Hapalochlaena maculosa, by a post-column fluorescent-HPLC system. TTX was found to be present in all body parts, e.g. in high concentrations in the arms followed by the abdomen and cephalothorax. The toxin is not associated exclusively with the posterior salivary gland.
KW - Blue-ringed octopus
KW - Hapalochlaena maculosa
KW - Posterior salivary gland
KW - Tetrodotoxin
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U2 - 10.1016/j.toxicon.2006.10.008
DO - 10.1016/j.toxicon.2006.10.008
M3 - Article
C2 - 17188731
AN - SCOPUS:33846622270
SN - 0041-0101
VL - 49
SP - 410
EP - 412
JO - Toxicon
JF - Toxicon
IS - 3
ER -