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Science 26 March 1965:
Vol. 147. no. 3665, pp. 1580 - 1581
DOI: 10.1126/science.147.3665.1580
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Ciguatera Fish Poison: A Cholinesterase Inhibitor

Kwan-Ming Li 1

1 Hawaii Marine Laboratory, University of Hawaii, Honolulu 96822

The substance responsible for the poisoning effect of ciguatera poison from fish is an anticholinesterase. In rats, mice, and rabbits ciguatera poison causes death by asphyxiation. Protopam chloride with atropine is an effective antidote.


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