maitotoxin

词形变化

maitotoxins 复数 maitotoxins

别名

MTX

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    A highly potent toxin produced by Gambierdiscus toxicus, a dinoflagellate species.

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词源

From maito + toxin; named from the ciguateric fish Ctenochaetus striatus, called maito in Tahiti, from which maitotoxin was first isolated (though it was later shown that maitotoxin is actually produced by Gambierdiscus toxicus).

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