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单词 saxitoxin
释义

saxitoxinn.

/saksɪˈtɒksɪn/
Etymology: < modern Latin Saxidomus, name of a genus of clams ( < Latin saxum rock + -i- connective + domus home) + toxin n.
Biochemistry.
A toxic alkaloid (C10H17O4N7.2HCl) synthesized by dinoflagellates of the genus Gonyaulax (which cause ‘red tides’) and accumulated by molluscs which feed on these, which thereby become toxic to man.
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the world > physical sensation > use of drugs and poison > poison > [noun] > from fish or molluscs
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saxitoxin1962
1962 Jrnl. Amer. Chem. Soc. 84 2266/1 Saxitoxin, the paralytic poison isolated from toxic Alaska butter clams (Saxidomus giganteus),..is among the most toxic known substances.
1968 New Scientist 27 June 706/2 PSP [paralytic shellfish poison] is now known as saxitoxin and there is an extensive literature which dates back at least to the year 1778.
1968 New Scientist 27 June 706/2 It would appear that saxitoxin is a perhydropurine derivative into which are incorporated two guanidino moieties.
1977 Sci. Amer. Dec. 30/3 A tiny dose of saxitoxin—the ‘red tide’ toxin—can kill a man who weighs 500 million times as much as it does.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1982; most recently modified version published online June 2018).
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