Browsing by Author "Khor, Serena"
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Development of a non-lethal biopsy technique for estimating total tetrodotoxin concentrations in the grey side-gilled sea slug Pleurobranchaea maculata
(Elsevier, 2013)High concentrations of tetrodotoxin (TTX) have been detected in some New Zealand populations of Pleurobranchaea maculata (grey side-gilled sea slug). Within toxic populations there is significant variability in TTX ... -
Investigating diet as the source of tetrodotoxin in Pleurobranchaea maculata
(Molecular Dive Prsyn Intl, 2014-01)The origin of tetrodotoxin (TTX) is highly debated; researchers have postulated either an endogenous or exogenous source with the host accumulating TTX symbiotically or via food chain transmission. The aim of this study ... -
Investigating Diet as the Source of Tetrodotoxin in the Grey Side-gilled Sea Slug, Pleurobranchaea maculata
(University of Waikato, 2014)Pleurobranchaea maculata (grey-side gilled sea slug) was discovered to contain the neurotoxin tetrodotoxin (TTX) in 2009 after a spate of dog poisoning cases on the beaches of Auckland, New Zealand. One of the great mysteries ...
