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ReviewMarine drugs2024

Tetrodotoxin: The State-of-the-Art Progress in Characterization, Detection, Biosynthesis, and Transport Enrichment.

Xinxin Zhang, Kun Qiao, Ruimin Cui, Min Xu, Shuilin Cai, Qilin Huang, Zhiyu Liu

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Review in Marine drugs, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 12 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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12citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

12 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.

  1. Pooled it
  2. Development and characterization of tetrodotoxin reference materials.Analytical and bioanalytical chemistry · 2026
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  10. The Chemistry and Biology of the Tetrodotoxin Natural Product Family.Angewandte Chemie (International ed. in English) · 2025
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

7 authors.

Xinxin ZhangCollege of Food Science and Technology, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan 430070, China.
Kun QiaoKey Laboratory of Cultivation and High-Value Utilization of Marine Organisms in Fujian Province, Fisheries Research Institute of Fujian, National Research and Development Center for Marine Fish Processing, Xiamen 361021, China.ORCID 0000-0002-2372-2837
Ruimin CuiCollege of Food Science and Technology, Zhejiang Ocean University, Zhoushan 316022, China.
Min XuKey Laboratory of Cultivation and High-Value Utilization of Marine Organisms in Fujian Province, Fisheries Research Institute of Fujian, National Research and Development Center for Marine Fish Processing, Xiamen 361021, China.ORCID 0009-0006-4379-5749
Shuilin CaiKey Laboratory of Cultivation and High-Value Utilization of Marine Organisms in Fujian Province, Fisheries Research Institute of Fujian, National Research and Development Center for Marine Fish Processing, Xiamen 361021, China.
Qilin HuangCollege of Food Science and Technology, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan 430070, China.
Zhiyu LiuKey Laboratory of Cultivation and High-Value Utilization of Marine Organisms in Fujian Province, Fisheries Research Institute of Fujian, National Research and Development Center for Marine Fish Processing, Xiamen 361021, China.

Funding

This research was funded by the Natural Science Foundation of Fujian Province,the basic research projects of provincial public welfare research institutes 2023J011323, 2020R1013008
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Tetrodotoxin (TTX) is a neurotoxin that binds to sodium channels and blocks sodium conduction. Importantly, TTX has been increasingly detected in edible aquatic organisms. Because of this and the lack of specific antidotes, TTX poisoning is now a major threat to public health. However, it is of note that ultra-low dose TTX is an excellent analgesic with great medicinal value. These contradictory effects highlight the need for further research to elucidate the impacts and functional mechanisms of TTX. This review summarizes the latest research progress in relation to TTX sources, analogs, mechanisms of action, detection methods, poisoning symptoms, therapeutic options, biosynthesis pathways, and mechanisms of transport and accumulation in pufferfish. This review also provides a theoretical basis for reducing the poisoning risks associated with TTX and for establishing an effective system for its use and management to ensure the safety of fisheries and human health.

Indexed as

TetrodotoxinAnimalsAquatic OrganismsHumansTetraodontiformesTetrodotoxinpuffer fishtetrodotoxinTTX biosynthesisTTX transporter accumulation

Identifiers

PMID39728106
PMCPMC11676112

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