title: Toxicities and distribution of tetrodotoxin in the tissues of puffer fish found in the coast of the Baja California Peninsula, Mexico.
abstract: Toxicities and tetrodotoxin distribution in tissues of five puffer fish species commonly found in the littoral of Baja California Peninsula, Mexico (Sphoeroides annulatus, S. lobatus, S. lispus, Arothron meleagris and Canthigaster punctatissima) were evaluated by bioassay and HPLC. The toxicities estimated as tetrodotoxin-equivalents of all species were more than 0.42 microg/g in at least one of the tissues tested, and the highest was found in S. lispus liver (130 microg/g).
authors.affiliation: Center of Biological Research, La Paz, Mexico.
authors.forename: E J
authors.initials: EJ
authors.lastname: Nuñez-Vázquez
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Yotsu-Yamashita
authors.forename: A P
authors.initials: AP
authors.lastname: Sierra-Beltrán
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Yasumoto
authors.forename: J L
authors.initials: JL
authors.lastname: Ochoa
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001681:Biological Assay; D002851:Chromatography, High Pressure Liquid; D005400:Fishes, Poisonous / Q000378:metabolism*; D008297:Male; D008800:Mexico; D051379:Mice; D013779:Tetrodotoxin / Q000378:metabolism* / Q000633:toxicity*; D014018:Tissue Distribution; D018675:Toxicity Tests
chemical_list: D013779:Tetrodotoxin