Table 1.
Tetrodotoxin (TTX) concentrations and contents in the tissues of Takifugu rubripes specimens in the TTX-administered group.
| No. | Sex | Body weight (kg) |
Dose (µg) |
TTX concentration (µg/g) | Total amount (µg) |
Accumulation (% of dose) |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Liver | Skin | Ovary | Muscle | ||||||
| 1 | F | 1.14 | 285 | 0.48 | 0.30 | 5.43 | N.D.1 | 145 | 51 |
| 2 | F | 0.84 | 210 | 0.68 | 0.97 | 5.30 | N.D. | 162 | 77 |
| 3 | F | 1.00 | 250 | 1.12 | 0.62 | 4.97 | N.D. | 206 | 82 |
| 4 | F | 1.10 | 275 | 0.54 | 0.33 | 4.51 | N.D. | 124 | 45 |
| 5 | M | 0.86 | 215 | 1.35 | 0.79 | N.D. 1 | N.D. | 176 | 82 |
| Mean ± SE | 0.99 ± 0.15 | 247 ± 15 | 0.84 ± 0.17 | 0.60 ± 0.13 | 5.05 ± 0.21 | N.D. | 163 ± 14 | 67 ± 8 | |
1 N.D.: not detected (<0.15 µg TTX/g tissue).