title: Occurrence of a methyl derivative of saxitoxin in Bangladeshi freshwater puffers.
abstract: A new component of paralytic shellfish poison was isolated from a Bangladeshi freshwater puffer Tetraodon cutcutia. Its structure was deduced to be carbamoyl-N-methylsaxitoxin based on electrospray ionization mass spectrometry, [1H] NMR, and conversion experiments.
authors.affiliation: Laboratory of Aquatic Resource Science, Faculty of Fisheries, Kagoshima University, Shimoarata, Japan.
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Zaman
authors.forename: O
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Arakawa
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Shimosu
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Shida
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Onoue
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D005400:Fishes, Poisonous; D005618:Fresh Water; D009682:Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy; D008387:Marine Toxins / Q000737:chemistry*; D012530:Saxitoxin / Q000031:analogs & derivatives* / Q000737:chemistry
chemical_list: D008387:Marine Toxins; C114166:carbamoyl N-methylsaxitoxin; D012530:Saxitoxin