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Science 9 October 1964:
Vol. 146. no. 3641, pp. 244 - 245
DOI: 10.1126/science.146.3641.244
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Ostracitoxin: An Ichthyotoxic Stress Secretion of the Boxfish, Ostracion lentiginosus

Donald A. Thomson 1

1 Department of Zoology, University of Arizona, Tucson

Boxfish under stress produce an ichthyotoxic, hemolytic, nonprotein poison in the mucous secretions of their skin. This heat-stable, nondialyzable "ostracitoxin" foams profusely in aqueous solutions and is toxic to various biological systems. It is apparently unique among known fish poisons; it is toxic to boxfish and resembles red tide and sea cucumber toxins in general properties.


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