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Marine Toxins

Medical Definition: Toxic or poisonous substances elaborated by marine flora or fauna. They include also specific, characterized poisons or toxins for which there is no more specific heading, like those from poisonous fishes. Clupeotoxin, pahutoxin, prymnesin, scombrotoxin go here.
Guide Notes: includes toxins from marine flora or fauna; /antag permitted but consider also ANTITOXINS; coord IM with specific source (IM with no qualif); does not include venoms of sea snakes ( = SEA SNAKE VENOMS)
Marine Toxins Categories.
Canadian Medical Guide Definition Lyngbya Toxins - Toxins isolated from any species of the seaweed Lyngbya or similar chemicals from other sources, including mollusks and micro-organisms. These have been found to be potent tumor promoters.

Marine Toxins Medical Definitions and Terms

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