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Saxitoxin

PubChem 56947150
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Created:
12/21/21
Submitted:
3/6/23
Published:
3/6/23
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NIH 3D DOI:

https://doi.org/10.60705/3dpx/16541.2

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Small Molecules
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Description
Saxitoxin is an alkaloid isolated from the marine dinoflagellates and cyanobacteria that causes paralytic shellfish poisoning. It has a role as a neurotoxin, a toxin, a sodium channel blocker, a marine metabolite and a cyanotoxin. It is a carbamate ester, a member of guanidines, an alkaloid, a pyrrolopurine, a ketone hydrate and a paralytic shellfish toxin. It is a conjugate base of a saxitoxin(2+).
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