Toxicity of the yellow puffer fish Xenopterus naritus from Sungai Saribas, Sarawak

• Main Authors: Othman, Bojo, Khairul Adha, A. Rahim, Samsur, Mohamad, M.L., Shabdin, Nyanti, Lee, Norhadi, Ismail, Po Teen, Lim
• Format: Magazine and Newsletter
• Language: English
• Published: - 2014
• Subjects: AC Collections. Series. Collected works
• Online Access: http://ir.unimas.my/id/eprint/2384/6/Toxicity.pdf; http://ir.unimas.my/id/eprint/2384/

Despite common fish poisoning, puffer fish is still considered as a delicacy in Japan and China. Most of the poisoning cases occur after consuming marine puffer fish species. The principle toxin exists in puffer fish is known as tetradotoxin (TTX). In freshwater puffer fish species, paralytic she...