English Explanatory Dictionary

okadaic acid

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A toxin that accumulates in bivalves and causes diarrhetic shellfish poisoning.

Word forms

okadaic acid okadaic acids

Etymology

After the marine sponge Halichondria okadai, from which it was first isolated.

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