Synthesis of CTX of fish poisoning by Japanese scientists
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Last Update: 2001-12-30
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Introduction: a research team led by Professor Ping Wen ZHENGBO of Northeastern University of Japan has synthesized CTX of fish poisoning caused by food poisoning It is believed that this scientific research result may also be used to develop vaccines against poisoning and drugs for examination and treatment Japan's science and technology revitalization group recently issued a press release, saying: CTX, a toxin unique to hundreds of fish living in coral reef waters, is extremely low in content 870 sea eels with a total weight of 4 tons can extract 0.35 mg CTX fish poison, but its toxicity is about 100 times higher than tetrodotoxin (70 ng tetrodotoxin can cause poisoning) About 20000 people are poisoned by these fish every year in the world, which is the largest source of seafood poisoning According to the communique, CTX toxin is a huge molecule, with a molecular weight of 1000 and a molecular length of more than 3 nanometers It was synthesized by these scientists after more than ten years' efforts and is also the first in the world Scientists involved in the research believe that this research achievement is of great significance and can be applied to the development of pharmacology, such as the prevention and treatment of poisoning and the repair of nerve sodium channels (author:) share to feed Weibo share to:
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