- Recommended name
- Saxitoxin
- Synonyms
- Saxidomus giganteus poison, Gonyaulax catenella poison, Mytilus californianus poison
- Recommended acronym
- STX
- Abbreviation
Progenitors
- Name
- Alexandrium minutum
- Name
- Gymnodinium catenatum
- Note
- Oshima et al., 1987
- Name
- Alexandrium tamiyavanichii
- Note
- Beppu et al., 2008
- Name
- Pyrodinium bahamense
- Note
- Usup et al., 2012
Vector Species
- Name
- Mytilus californianus
- Note
- Schantz et a., 1957
- Name
- Saxidomus gigantea
- Note
- Schantz et a., 1957
References
- Oshima, Y., Hasegawa, M., Yasumoto, T., Hallegraeff, G., Blackburn, S., 1987
- Beppu, R., Nojima, K., Tsuruda, S., Gomez-Delan, G., Barte-Quilantang, M., Taniyama, S., Sagara, T.; Nishio, S.; Takayama, H.; Miyazawa, K.; Asakawa, M., 2008
- Usup, G., Ahmad, A., Matsuoka, Lim, P.T., Leaw, C.P., 2012
- Schantz, E.J., Mold, J.D., Stanger, D.W., Shavel, J., Bowden, F.J.P., Lynch, J.M. Whyler, R.S., Riegel, B.R., Sommer, H., 1957
- Structure
- Formula
- C10H17N7O4
- Exact mono-isotopic mass
- 299.13420205
- Molfile
- n/a
- Alternative molfiles
- n/a
- SMILES
- O=C(OC[C@@H]2/N=C(/N)N3[C@]1(/N=C(\N[C@H]12)N)C(O)(O)CC3)N
- Alternative SMILES
- n/a
- InChi key
- RPQXVSUAYFXFJA-HGRQIUPRSA-N
- Alternative InChi keys
- n/a
- InChi
- 1S/C10H17N7O4/c11-6-15-5-4(3-21-8(13)18)14-7(12)17-2-1-9(19,20)10(5,17)16-6/h4-5,19-20H,1-3H2,(H2,12,14)(H2,13,18)(H3,11,15,16)/t4-,5-,10-/m0/s1
- Alternative InChis
- Spectra available
- True
- Chem files
- chemfiles/STX.cdxml
- Certified
- True
- Certified links
-
-
n/a
- Non certified reference material
- True
Chemical analysis
- Research
- True
- Standardized
- True
- Validated
- True
- Official
- CEN EN 14526:2017
Structure recognition assays
- Research
- Unknown
- Standardized
- Unknown
- Validated
- Unknown
- Official
- n/a
Functional assays
- Research
- True
- Standardized
- True
- Validated
- Unknown
- Official
- AOAC Official Method 2011.27
Animal assays
- Research
- True
- Standardized
- True
- Validated
- False
- Official
- AOAC Official method 959.08
- Regulatory status
- True
References
- , 2004
- Regulation (EC) 853/2004 of the European Parliament and the Council of 29 April 2004 laying down specific hygiene rules on the hygiene of foodstuffs. Official Journal of the European Union. L139/55.
- Human toxic syndrome(s)
- Paralytical Shellfish Poisoning
- Organ system toxicity
- Neurotoxicity, Gastro-intestinal toxicity
- Risk assessment
- True
- Molecular targets known
- True
- Molecular targets
- Voltage dependent sodium channel (site 5), Voltage dependent sodium channel (site 1)
- Toxic to aquatic animals
- True
- TEF available
- True
TEF References
- , 2009
- EFSA (European Food Safety Authority) 2009. “Scientific opinion of the panel on contaminants in the food chain on a request from the European Commission on marine biotoxins in shellfish-saxitoxin group,” European Food Safety Authority Journal, vol. 1019, pp. 1–76.
- Notes
- Maria Joao Botelho
- Contact