title: Tetrodotoxin and its analogues in extracts from the toad Atelopus oxyrhynchus (family: Bufonidae).
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.
authors.affiliation: Faculty of Agriculture, Tohoku University, Sendai, Japan.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Yotsu-Yamashita
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Mebs
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Yasumoto
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D002025:Bufonidae; D002851:Chromatography, High Pressure Liquid; D051379:Mice; D015222:Sodium Channels / Q000187:drug effects; D013050:Spectrometry, Fluorescence; D013779:Tetrodotoxin / Q000032:analysis* / Q000633:toxicity / Q000031:analogs & derivatives; D014020:Tissue Extracts / Q000032:analysis*
chemical_list: D015222:Sodium Channels; D014020:Tissue Extracts; C047739:anhydrotetrodotoxin; D013779:Tetrodotoxin; C047738:4-epitetrodotoxin