The powder contains a poison known as tetrodotoxin, or TTX. From Wordnik.com. [UncleBear] Reference
The chemical is called tetrodotoxin or TTX from the Fugu pufferfish. From Wordnik.com. [Did 28 Months Later Already Find its Director? « FirstShowing.net] Reference
The blade was poisoned with tetrodotoxin, he confided. From Wordnik.com. [The Serpent and the Rainbow] Reference
The biogenesis of tetrodotoxin is discussed in Halstead, B. From Wordnik.com. [The Serpent and the Rainbow] Reference
Clearly, the species Marcel had used could contain tetrodotoxin. From Wordnik.com. [The Serpent and the Rainbow] Reference
For the longest time, tetrodotoxin appeared to be isolated to a single family of fish. From Wordnik.com. [The Serpent and the Rainbow] Reference
Those who are poisoned by tetrodotoxin generally reach a crisis after no more than six hours. From Wordnik.com. [The Serpent and the Rainbow] Reference
If tetrodotoxin somehow enters the bloodstream directly its potency is enhanced forty to fifty times. From Wordnik.com. [The Serpent and the Rainbow] Reference
An invaluable overview and summary of the symptoms of tetrodotoxin poisoning is provided in: Halstead, B. From Wordnik.com. [The Serpent and the Rainbow] Reference
The liver and the ovaries contain the deadly poison tetrodotoxin, and one fish contains enough to kill 30 people. From Wordnik.com. [Anyone for a little blow? » Japundit Blog] Reference
If the victim survives that period, he or she may expect a full recovery, at least from the effects of tetrodotoxin. From Wordnik.com. [The Serpent and the Rainbow] Reference
In all, Narcisse shared twenty-one or virtually all the prominent symptoms documented in known cases of tetrodotoxin poisoning. From Wordnik.com. [The Serpent and the Rainbow] Reference
Marcel added two species of puffers to his poison—Diodon hystrix and Sphoeroides testudineus—both known to contain tetrodotoxin. From Wordnik.com. [The Serpent and the Rainbow] Reference
Like the Japanese victims of tetrodotoxin, he strove desperately to communicate, but with the paralytic poison, he found it impossible. From Wordnik.com. [The Serpent and the Rainbow] Reference
Both creatures belong to a large pan-tropical order of fish, many of which have tetrodotoxin in their skin, liver, ovaries, and intestines. From Wordnik.com. [The Serpent and the Rainbow] Reference
That poison contains tetrodotoxin, which acts to lower dramatically the metabolic rate of the victim almost to the point of clinical death. From Wordnik.com. [The Serpent and the Rainbow] Reference
Most other crabs and newts are sensitive to tetrodotoxin. From Wordnik.com. [NYT > Home Page] Reference
During patch-clamp recording, tetrodotoxin (0.1 µM) and CdCl. From Wordnik.com. [PLoS ONE Alerts: New Articles] Reference
In most cases, tetrodotoxin is an effective defensive weapon. From Wordnik.com. [NYT > Home Page] Reference
The elevation of NO and Ca2+ signals were abolished by tetrodotoxin. From Wordnik.com. [PLoS ONE Alerts: New Articles] Reference
The widespread occurrence of tetrodotoxin poses some intriguing riddles. From Wordnik.com. [NYT > Home Page] Reference
But the tetrodotoxin found in each dish of that deadly buffet is identical. From Wordnik.com. [NYT > Home Page] Reference
Scientists blamed tetrodotoxin, a poison found in sea slugs, for the deaths. From Wordnik.com. [Radio New Zealand News Headlines] Reference
Each of these animals is chock full of a powerful neurotoxin called tetrodotoxin. From Wordnik.com. [NYT > Home Page] Reference
There must be something different then about toxic, tetrodotoxin-resistant species. From Wordnik.com. [NYT > Home Page] Reference
And how is it that they are able to tolerate high levels of tetrodotoxin while others cannot?. From Wordnik.com. [NYT > Home Page] Reference
These experiments indicate that tetrodotoxin-bearing animals obtain the toxin from the food chain. From Wordnik.com. [NYT > Home Page] Reference
A fugu’s body contains signifigant amounts of tetrodotoxin, a powerful toxin. From Wordnik.com. [A meal to die for » Japundit Blog] Reference
France); tetrodotoxin (Latoxan, France); BIIE 0246 (Tocris bioscience, Bristol, UK). From Wordnik.com. [PLoS ONE Alerts: New Articles] Reference
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