Highly Toxic Ribbon Worm Cephalothrix simula Containing Tetrodotoxin in Hiroshima Bay, Hiroshima Prefecture, Japan

Highly Toxic Ribbon Worm Cephalothrix simula Containing Tetrodotoxin in Hiroshima Bay, Hiroshima Prefecture, Japan

In 1998, during a toxicological surveillance of various marine fouling organisms in Hiroshima Bay, Japan, specimens of the ribbon worm, Cephalothrix simula (Nemertea: Palaeonemertea) were found. These ribbon worms contained toxins with extremely strong paralytic activity. The maximum toxicity in ter...

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Main Authors: Manabu Asakawa, Hiroshi Kajihara, Katsutoshi Ito
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2013-02-01
Series:Toxins
Subjects:
ribbon worm
Cephalothrix simula
Hiroshima Bay
tetrodotoxin
HPLC-FLD
ESI-MS
IR
NMR
GC-MS
Online Access:http://www.mdpi.com/2072-6651/5/2/376

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