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tetrodotoxin; maculotoxin; spheroidine; tarichatoxin; tetrodontoxin; fugu poison

Neurotoxin from ovaries & liver of many species of Tetraodontidae, especially globe fish; detected in many pufferfish species. May be produced by Vibrio species.

General

heterocyclic compound, bridged-ring toxin (hazardous material, poison)

Database Correlations

PUBCHEM correlations

References

  1. MMWR 51:321-3, 2002
  2. Merck Index 12th edition, 1996