Distribution of tetrodotoxin in the body of the blue-ringed octopus (Hapalochlaena maculosa).
Tetrodotoxin (TTX) was quantitatively assayed in six specimens of semi-adult blue-ringed octopus, Hapalochlaena maculosa, by a post-column fluorescent-HPLC system. TTX was found to be present in all body parts, e.g. in high concentrations in the arms followed by the abdomen and cephalothorax. The toxin is not associated exclusively with the posterior salivary gland.
Yotsu-Yamashita
Mari
M
Graduate School of Agricultural Science, Tohoku University, 1-1 Tsutsumidori-Amamiyamachi, Aoba-ku, Sendai 981-8555, Japan.
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Dietrich
D
Flachsenberger
Wolfgang
W
D000818:Animals; D002851:Chromatography, High Pressure Liquid; D004210:Dissection; D008978:Mollusk Venoms / Q000032:analysis / Q000378:metabolism*; D049831:Octopodiformes / Q000502:physiology*; D012469:Salivary Glands / Q000378:metabolism; D013779:Tetrodotoxin / Q000032:analysis / Q000378:metabolism*
D008978:Mollusk Venoms; D013779:Tetrodotoxin