ichthyootoxin

plural ichthyootoxins

1. Any poisonous substance found in the roe or gonads of fish, but not in other parts of the fish.

   Ichthyosarcotoxin may also be found in the roe of fishes, but it is found in other Parts of the fish as well, whereas ichthyootoxin is limited to the roe.

   1970, United States Dept. of Defense, Poisonous and Venomous Marine Animals of the World, page 810

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   Asano and Itoh (1962) have investigated the chemical nature of this ichthyootoxin and found it to be a lipoprotein which they designated as “dinogunellin.”

   1965, Bruce W. Halstead, Poisonous and Venomous Marine Animals of the World: Vertebrates

   This type of poisoning involves a group of ichthyootoxins found in the roe and ovaries of carp, barbel, pike, sturgeons, gar, catfish, tench, bream, minnows, salmon, whitefish, trout, blenny, cabezon, and other freshwater and saltwater fish.

   2001, Louis J. Casarett, Curtis D. Klaassen, Casarett and Doull's Toxicology: The Basic Science of Poisons, →ISBN