Properties of Tetrodotoxin
Uses of TTX
Medicinal Purposes
Research has been going on for the use of tetrodotoxin to be a pain suppressor in cancer patients, it may be
used to be as a prevention for ischemic damage of the brain after a stroke. It may be used in the future to relieve the symptoms of withdrawal in opiate addicts, and it may also be used as an anesthetic. One of the main reasons why tetrodotoxin is tested for medicinal purposes is that tetrodotoxin has a selective and potent sodium channel blocking action, Some of the sodium channels which tetrodotoxin affects are preferentially expressed in adult sensory neurons and have been affected in normal and pathological pain. Thus, tetrodotoxin could take on a
possible role for pain treatment.
used to be as a prevention for ischemic damage of the brain after a stroke. It may be used in the future to relieve the symptoms of withdrawal in opiate addicts, and it may also be used as an anesthetic. One of the main reasons why tetrodotoxin is tested for medicinal purposes is that tetrodotoxin has a selective and potent sodium channel blocking action, Some of the sodium channels which tetrodotoxin affects are preferentially expressed in adult sensory neurons and have been affected in normal and pathological pain. Thus, tetrodotoxin could take on a
possible role for pain treatment.
References:
Medical Uses
http://nawrot.psych.ndsu.nodak.edu/courses/465projects06/Tetrodotoxin/medical.html
medicinal - Google Search
https://www.google.ca/search?q=medicinal
Marine Drugs
Francisco Nieto - Enrique Cobos - Miguel Tejada - Cristina Sánchez-Fernández - Rafael González-Cano - Cruz Cendán - http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3296997/
Medical Uses
http://nawrot.psych.ndsu.nodak.edu/courses/465projects06/Tetrodotoxin/medical.html
medicinal - Google Search
https://www.google.ca/search?q=medicinal
Marine Drugs
Francisco Nieto - Enrique Cobos - Miguel Tejada - Cristina Sánchez-Fernández - Rafael González-Cano - Cruz Cendán - http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3296997/