ichthyootoxin
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Etymology edit
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ichthyootoxin (plural ichthyootoxins)
- Any poisonous substance found in the roe or gonads of fish, but not in other parts of the fish.
- 1965, Bruce W. Halstead, Poisonous and Venomous Marine Animals of the World: Vertebrates:
- Asano and Itoh (1962) have investigated the chemical nature of this ichthyootoxin and found it to be a lipoprotein which they designated as “dinogunellin.”
- 1970, United States Dept. of Defense, Poisonous and Venomous Marine Animals of the World, page 810:
- Ichthyosarcotoxin may also be found in the roe of fishes, but it is found in other Parts of the fish as well, whereas ichthyootoxin is limited to the roe.
- 2001, Louis J. Casarett, Curtis D. Klaassen, Casarett and Doull's Toxicology: The Basic Science of Poisons, →ISBN:
- This type of poisoning involves a group of ichthyootoxins found in the roe and ovaries of carp, barbel, pike, sturgeons, gar, catfish, tench, bream, minnows, salmon, whitefish, trout, blenny, cabezon, and other freshwater and saltwater fish.