Effective Tox(fication of Nontoxic Puffer by Feeding with Live Flatworms By

Effective Tox(fication of Nontoxic
Puffer by Feeding with Live Flatworms
By
AbdAllah E. Aly
National Institute of Oceanography and Fisheries, Suez, Red Sea
Abstract
‘ToducUfatt tfu mechanisminvo(vd in toi(jfication of puf/tr, a ftding us« was camea out in w”-idl
ncmto;Qcspecimens of tfu puf/tr ‘fugu. ruDnpts ru6ripts uur« fd wit”- Hut flasurorms, a utrexfoto)jn·
ccmtaininganimal, ana assayti for tttroaoto)jn accumutatd. ~ tesuiu sftowd tha: TTX was t/ftCtivUy
accumutatd in various tissuestl(fq1t muscia: tB., cm tfu 14 tn aay, tfu ktr..at pottncy was inmasd to 225
?f’l1/g skin, 537 ?f’l1/g aver, ana 205 ?f’l1/g intestine:’R.JgartfUssof tissue, tfu to)jn consistd mainly of u·
trodotoxjn, 4·epitttroioto)jn ana annyaroUtroaoto;Qn