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

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...

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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
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AC Collections. Series. Collected works
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spelling my.unimas.ir.23842023-08-14T02:57:47Z http://ir.unimas.my/id/eprint/2384/ Toxicity of the yellow puffer fish Xenopterus naritus from Sungai Saribas, Sarawak Othman, Bojo Khairul Adha, A. Rahim Samsur, Mohamad M.L., Shabdin Nyanti, Lee Norhadi, Ismail Po Teen, Lim AC Collections. Series. Collected works 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 shellfish toxins (PSTs) have also been detected besides the TTX. Studies have shown that the highest toxin content was found in the skin, followed by gonad, muscle, liver and intestine. - 2014 Magazine and Newsletter NonPeerReviewed text en http://ir.unimas.my/id/eprint/2384/6/Toxicity.pdf Othman, Bojo and Khairul Adha, A. Rahim and Samsur, Mohamad and M.L., Shabdin and Nyanti, Lee and Norhadi, Ismail and Po Teen, Lim (2014) Toxicity of the yellow puffer fish Xenopterus naritus from Sungai Saribas, Sarawak. [Magazine and Newsletter] (Submitted)
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topic AC Collections. Series. Collected works
spellingShingle AC Collections. Series. Collected works
Othman, Bojo
Khairul Adha, A. Rahim
Samsur, Mohamad
M.L., Shabdin
Nyanti, Lee
Norhadi, Ismail
Po Teen, Lim
Toxicity of the yellow puffer fish Xenopterus naritus from Sungai Saribas, Sarawak
description 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 shellfish toxins (PSTs) have also been detected besides the TTX. Studies have shown that the highest toxin content was found in the skin, followed by gonad, muscle, liver and intestine.
format Magazine and Newsletter
author Othman, Bojo
Khairul Adha, A. Rahim
Samsur, Mohamad
M.L., Shabdin
Nyanti, Lee
Norhadi, Ismail
Po Teen, Lim
author_facet Othman, Bojo
Khairul Adha, A. Rahim
Samsur, Mohamad
M.L., Shabdin
Nyanti, Lee
Norhadi, Ismail
Po Teen, Lim
author_sort Othman, Bojo
title Toxicity of the yellow puffer fish Xenopterus naritus from Sungai Saribas, Sarawak
title_short Toxicity of the yellow puffer fish Xenopterus naritus from Sungai Saribas, Sarawak
title_full Toxicity of the yellow puffer fish Xenopterus naritus from Sungai Saribas, Sarawak
title_fullStr Toxicity of the yellow puffer fish Xenopterus naritus from Sungai Saribas, Sarawak
title_full_unstemmed Toxicity of the yellow puffer fish Xenopterus naritus from Sungai Saribas, Sarawak
title_sort toxicity of the yellow puffer fish xenopterus naritus from sungai saribas, sarawak
publisher -
publishDate 2014
url http://ir.unimas.my/id/eprint/2384/6/Toxicity.pdf
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