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Tetrodotoxin and its analogues in extracts from the toad Atelopus oxyrhynchus (family: Bufonidae)
M Yotsu-Yamashita1, D Mebs, T Yasumoto
1Faculty of Agriculture, Tohoku University, Sendai, Japan.
Abstract:
Tetrodotoxin and its analogues, 4-epitetrodotoxin and 4,9-anhydrotetrodotoxin, were detected in the toad Atelopus oxyrhynchus by HPLC analysis. The toxin and its analogues were still present in a specimen which lived 3.5 years in captivity.