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MeSH Heading: Tetrodotoxin
Tree Number(s): D03.633.100.786.910; D23.946.580.910
Unique ID: D013779
RDF Unique Identifier: http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D013779
Annotation: /antag permitted but consider also ANTITOXINS
Scope Note: An aminoperhydroquinazoline poison found mainly in the liver and ovaries of fishes in the order TETRAODONTIFORMES, which are eaten. The toxin causes paresthesia and paralysis through interference with neuromuscular conduction.
Entry Term(s): Fugu Toxin; Tarichatoxin; Tetradotoxin
Pharm Action: Anesthetics, Local
Poisons
Sodium Channel Blockers
Public MeSH Note: 68
History Note: 68(64)
Date Established: 1968/01/01
Date of Entry: 1999/01/01
Revision Date: 2016/06/01

Allowable Qualifiers: administration & dosage (AD)

adverse effects (AE)

agonists (AG)

analogs & derivatives (AA)

analysis (AN)

antagonists & inhibitors (AI)

biosynthesis (BI)

blood (BL)

cerebrospinal fluid (CF)

chemical synthesis (CS)

chemistry (CH)

classification (CL)

deficiency (DF)

economics (EC)

genetics (GE)

history (HI)

immunology (IM)

isolation & purification (IP)

metabolism (ME)

pharmacokinetics (PK)

pharmacology (PD)

physiology (PH)

poisoning (PO)

radiation effects (RE)

standards (ST)

supply & distribution (SD)

therapeutic use (TU)

toxicity (TO)

urine (UR)

Concept UI: M0021255
Scope Note: An aminoperhydroquinazoline poison found mainly in the liver and ovaries of fishes in the order TETRAODONTIFORMES, which are eaten. The toxin causes paresthesia and paralysis through interference with neuromuscular conduction.
Terms: Tetrodotoxin Preferred Term
Term UI T040477
Date01/01/1999
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID NLM (1964); Fugu Toxin
Term UI T040475
Date04/14/1977
LexicalTag EPO
ThesaurusID UNK (19XX); Tarichatoxin
Term UI T040476
Date03/30/1974
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID UNK (19XX); Tetradotoxin
Term UI T040478
Date01/18/1990
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID NLM (1991)

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