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Saxitoxin (STX) is a
potent neurotoxin and the best-known
paralytic s****fish toxin.
Ingestion of
saxitoxin by humans,
usually by
consumption of s****fish...
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These s****fish are
filter feeders and ac****ulate neurotoxins,
chiefly saxitoxin,
produced by
microscopic algae, such as dinoflagellates, diatoms, and...
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Neosaxitoxin (NSTX) is included, as
other saxitoxin-analogs, in a
broad group of
natural neurotoxic alkaloids,
commonly known as the
paralytic s****fish...
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dinoflagellates also
produce saxitoxin.
Saxitoxins bioac****ulate in s****fish and
certain finfish.
Ingestion of
saxitoxin,
usually through s****fish contaminated...
- it with them. The
Central Intelligence Agency began experimenting with
saxitoxin, an
extremely potent neurotoxin,
during the 1950s as a
replacement for...
- Zone Database, a
compilation of
information about the world's time
zones Saxitoxin, a
chemical weapon with
designation TZ in the US
military Sony Vaio TZ...
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Hemiaminal formation is a key step in an
asymmetric total synthesis of
saxitoxin: In this
reaction step the
alkene group is
first oxidized to an intermediate...
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protected environment with
plenty of
nutrients for growth. TTX and
saxitoxin provide good
examples of
convergent biochemical evolution: both toxins...
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through this
channel (which is
ultimately necessary for
nerve conduction).
Saxitoxin, neosaxitoxin, and
several of the
conotoxins also bind the same site....
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Biotoxins ac****ulated in fish/s****fish
include brevetoxins,
okadaic acid,
saxitoxins,
ciguatoxin and
domoic acid.
Except for ciguatoxine, high
levels of these...
