An updated review of tetrodotoxin and its peculiarities

P Katikou, C Gokbulut, AR Kosker, M Campàs… - Marine Drugs, 2022 - mdpi.com
Tetrodotoxin (TTX) is a crystalline, weakly basic, colorless organic substance and is one of
the most potent marine toxins known. Although TTX was first isolated from pufferfish, it has …

Tetrodotoxin: Chemistry, toxicity, source, distribution and detection

V Bane, M Lehane, M Dikshit, A O'Riordan, A Furey - Toxins, 2014 - mdpi.com
Tetrodotoxin (TTX) is a naturally occurring toxin that has been responsible for human
intoxications and fatalities. Its usual route of toxicity is via the ingestion of contaminated …

Detecting biothreat agents: From current diagnostics to developing sensor technologies

SA Walper, G Lasarte Aragonés, KE Sapsford… - ACS …, 2018 - ACS Publications
Although a fundamental understanding of the pathogenicity of most biothreat agents has
been elucidated and available treatments have increased substantially over the past …

Tetrodotoxin-producing bacteria: Detection, distribution and migration of the toxin in aquatic systems

TY Magarlamov, DI Melnikova, AV Chernyshev - Toxins, 2017 - mdpi.com
This review is devoted to the marine bacterial producers of tetrodotoxin (TTX), a potent non-
protein neuroparalytic toxin. In addition to the issues of the ecology and distribution of TTX …

First Detection of Tetrodotoxin in Greek Shellfish by UPLC-MS/MS Potentially Linked to the Presence of the Dinoflagellate Prorocentrum minimum

A Vlamis, P Katikou, I Rodriguez, V Rey, A Alfonso… - Toxins, 2015 - mdpi.com
During official shellfish control for the presence of marine biotoxins in Greece in year 2012, a
series of unexplained positive mouse bioassays (MBA) for lipophilic toxins with nervous …

Tetrodotoxin in marine bivalves and edible gastropods: A mini-review

L Biessy, MJ Boundy, KF Smith, DT Harwood, I Hawes… - Chemosphere, 2019 - Elsevier
Tetrodotoxin (TTX) is a potent neurotoxin responsible for countless human intoxications and
deaths around the world. The distribution of TTX and its analogues is diverse and the toxin …

Risks for public health related to the presence of tetrodotoxin (TTX) and TTX analogues in marine bivalves and gastropods

EFSA Panel on Contaminants in the Food Chain … - EFSA …, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
Tetrodotoxin (TTX) and its analogues are produced by marine bacteria and have been
detected in marine bivalves and gastropods from European waters. The European …

[HTML][HTML] Critical assessment of recent trends related to screening and confirmatory analytical methods for selected food contaminants and allergens

AS Tsagkaris, JLD Nelis, GMS Ross, S Jafari… - TrAC Trends in …, 2019 - Elsevier
Food contaminants monitoring is conducted in an intensive manner yet, there are still food
safety scandals related to various chemical compounds. This fact highlights the need to …

Evaluation of toxicity equivalency factors of tetrodotoxin analogues with a Neuro-2a cell-based assay and application to puffer fish from Greece

M Alkassar, A Sanchez-Henao, J Reverté, L Barreiro… - Marine Drugs, 2023 - mdpi.com
Tetrodotoxin (TTX) is a potent marine neurotoxin involved in poisoning cases, especially
through the consumption of puffer fish. Knowledge of the toxicity equivalency factors (TEFs) …

Preparation and antibacterial activity of chitosan-silver nanoparticles for application in preservation of minced meat

MEI Badawy, TMR Lotfy, S Shawir - Bulletin of the National Research …, 2019 - Springer
Background In recent years, the development of efficient and green route to synthesis metal
nanoparticles has gained considerable attention in various areas of nanotechnology …