Tetrodotoxin, an extremely potent marine neurotoxin: Distribution, toxicity, origin and therapeutical uses

J Lago, LP Rodríguez, L Blanco, JM Vieites… - Marine drugs, 2015 - mdpi.com
Tetrodotoxin (TTX) is a potent neurotoxin responsible for many human intoxications and
fatalities each year. The origin of TTX is unknown, but in the pufferfish, it seems to be …

Tetrodotoxin: history, biology, and synthesis

M Makarova, L Rycek, J Hajicek… - Angewandte Chemie …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
This review provides a comprehensive coverage of the history, biology and chemistry of
tetrodotoxin (TTX). It traces the origin of this remarkable molecule all the way back to the …

Saxitoxin and tetrodotoxin bioavailability increases in future oceans

CC Roggatz, N Fletcher, DM Benoit, AC Algar… - Nature Climate …, 2019 - nature.com
Increasing atmospheric CO2 levels are largely absorbed by the ocean, decreasing surface
water pH. In combination with increasing ocean temperatures, these changes have been …

Brugada syndrome: warning of a systemic condition?

S D'Imperio, MM Monasky, E Micaglio… - Frontiers in …, 2021 - frontiersin.org
Brugada syndrome (BrS) is a hereditary disorder, characterized by a specific
electrocardiogram pattern and highly related to an increased risk of sudden cardiac death …

Late sodium current in human, canine and guinea pig ventricular myocardium

B Horváth, T Hézső, N Szentandrássy… - Journal of molecular and …, 2020 - Elsevier
Although late sodium current (I Na-late) has long been known to contribute to plateau
formation of mammalian cardiac action potentials, lately it was considered as possible target …

[HTML][HTML] A review of chemical defense in harlequin toads (Bufonidae: Atelopus)

KC Pearson, RD Tarvin - Toxicon: X, 2022 - Elsevier
Toads of the genus Atelopus are chemically defended by a unique combination of
endogenously synthesized cardiotoxins (bufadienolides) and neurotoxins which may be …

Зоотоксинология: биоэкологические и биомедицинские аспекты

ДБ Гелашвили, ВН Крылов, ЕБ Романова - 2015 - elibrary.ru
В учебном пособии на основе анализа мировой научной литературы приведены
современные данные о важнейших ядовитых представителях фауны Земли, а также …

[PDF][PDF] 天然药物化学史话: 河豚毒素

郭瑞霞, 李力更, 王磊, 吴一兵, 史清文 - 中草药, 2014 - pharmacy.hebmu.edu.cn
天然产物无论是过去还是现在都为人类的健康起着非常重要的作用. 河豚毒素(tetrodotoxin,
TTX) 是具有非常复杂且奇特结构以及特殊生物活性的著名小分子天然产物, 其结构确定 …

Marine biotoxins

A Martínez, A Garrido-Maestu, B Ben-Gigirey… - Springer Handbook of …, 2015 - Springer
This chapter revises current knowledge on marine biotoxins that are known nowadays,
considering all the distinct groups based on chemical structure and lipophilic or hydrophilic …

[PDF][PDF] Tetrodotoxin blocks native cardiac L-type calcium channels but not CaV1. 2 channels expressed in HEK cells

N Szentandrassy, F Papp, B Hegyi, A Bartok… - J Physiol …, 2013 - jpp.krakow.pl
Tetrodotoxin (TTX) has been believed for a long time to be a selective inhibitor of voltage-
gated fast Na+ channels in excitable tissues, including mammalian myocardium. Recently …