Publications by authors named "Shinya Nina"
Article Synopsis
- Researchers studied the toxin tetrodotoxin (TTX) in hybrid pufferfish to understand how it accumulates and moves through their bodies.
- They found that when TTX was given through feeding, it quickly decreased in the digestive tract and increased in the liver, while later appearing in the skin.
- In contrast, when TTX was injected, it was rapidly transferred to the liver and skin, showing that the pufferfish's skin and liver can accumulate TTX, but their muscles do not.
Article Synopsis
- - TTX was injected into hybrid pufferfish to study how the toxin accumulates in their bodies and the differences between male and female specimens.
- - The toxin quickly moved from the muscle to other organs, peaking at 53.5 MU/g in the ovary after 72 hours, while the liver and skin had lower TTX levels.
- - The results indicate that TTX initially collects in the liver before being transferred to the skin in males and to the ovary in females, with liver levels declining significantly after 8-12 hours.