"Saxitoxin" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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A compound that contains a reduced purine ring system but is not biosynthetically related to the purine alkaloids. It is a poison found in certain edible mollusks at certain times; elaborated by GONYAULAX and consumed by mollusks, fishes, etc. without ill effects. It is neurotoxic and causes RESPIRATORY PARALYSIS and other effects in MAMMALS, known as paralytic SHELLFISH poisoning.
| Descriptor ID |
D012530
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| MeSH Number(s) |
D03.633.100.759.794 D23.946.580.830
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| Concept/Terms |
Saxitoxin- Saxitoxin
- Saxitonin
- Gonyaulax Toxin
- Toxin, Gonyaulax
- Mitilotoxin
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