Maitotoxin definition
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Noun
Singular:
maitotoxin
Plural:
maitotoxinsOrigin of maitotoxin
- 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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