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   Puffer fish tragedy in Bangladesh: an incident of Takifugu oblongus poisoning in Degholia, Khulna

   Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of Marine Science • Authors: S Ahmed

   Puffer fish poisoning that occurs occasionally among the rural poor in Bangladesh is mainly caused by freshwater species. A food poisoning incident resulting from the ingestion of the marine puffer Takifugu oblongus occurred at Degholia in the Khulna district of...

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   Co-occurrence of tetrodotoxin and saxitoxin in Cambodian marine pufferfish Takifugu oblongus

   Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of Marine Science • Authors: L Ngy --- Graduate School of Science and Technology, Japan C-F Yu --- Department of Applied Biology and Chemical Technology, China S Taniyama --- Graduate School of Science and Technology, Japan T Takatani --- Faculty of Fisheries, Japan O Arakawa --- Faculty of Fisheries, Japan

   The toxicity and toxin profiles of the marine pufferfish Takifugu oblongus were investigated from fish collected from Sihanouk Ville, one of the main regions where pufferfish poisonings (PFP) have occurred in Cambodia. Standard mouse bioassay revealed that all specimens collected...

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