{"id":89594,"date":"2026-02-24T13:30:16","date_gmt":"2026-02-24T08:00:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/?p=89594"},"modified":"2026-02-24T13:30:31","modified_gmt":"2026-02-24T08:00:31","slug":"tetrodotoxin","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/tetrodotoxin\/","title":{"rendered":"Tetrodotoxin (TTX)"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2><b>Tetrodotoxin Latest News<\/b><\/h2>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Food safety authorities and doctors suspect that the severe illness in people who consumed seafood at a restaurant in Vizhinjam, Kerala, was caused by contamination with a highly potent marine neurotoxin, likely tetrodotoxin (TTX).<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><b>About Tetrodotoxin<\/b><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: justify;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It is an extremely <\/span><b>potent marine neurotoxin.<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: justify;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It is a <\/span><b>crystalline<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, weakly basic, <\/span><b>colorless organic substance<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. It darkens above 220\u00b0 C.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: justify;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Chemical Formula: C11H17N3O8.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: justify;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It <\/span><b>naturally occurs <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">in the <\/span><b>skin, intestine, and liver of some fish<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> in the family Tetraodontidae.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: justify;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Examples include<\/span><b> puffer fish, <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">porcupine fish, ocean sunfish, and <\/span><b>some species of newts <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">and salamanders.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: justify;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>Human poisonings occur<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> when the flesh and\/or organs of the <\/span><b>fish are improperly prepared and eaten.<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: justify;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">TTX <\/span><b>interferes <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">with the<\/span><b> transmission of signals from nerves to muscles <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">and <\/span><b>causes an increasing paralysis of the muscles <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">of the body.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: justify;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Its <\/span><b>toxicity <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">is more than <\/span><b>1000 times greater than sodium cyanide.<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: justify;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">TTX poisoning can be <\/span><b>fatal<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: justify;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It has<\/span><b> no known antidote.<\/b> <b>Treatment <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">is <\/span><b>mainly supportive.<\/b><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b>Source: <\/b><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/epaper.thehindu.com\/ccidist-ws\/th\/th_delhi\/issues\/172635\/OPS\/G6JFKLBLV.1+GTSFKNASE.1.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">TH<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Suspected tetrodotoxin poisoning in Vizhinjam, Kerala raises food safety concerns. 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