東京都中央卸売市場に入荷したヒガンフグの毒性

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Ninety-six specimens of the pufferfish Fugu pardalis (“higanfugu”) landed at Tokyo Metropolitan Central Wholesale Market were assayed for toxicity of liver, ovary, bile and digestive canal contents.
Frequency of toxic sepcimens were 92, 96, 69 and 50%, in terms of liver, ovary, bile and digestive canal contents, respectively. Their highest toxicity scores were 4, 900, 4, 100, 1, 700 and 270 MU/g, respectively; and average toxicity values were 565±93, 590±66, 162±34 and 43±8 MU/g, respectively.
A significant correlation between the toxicities of liver and bile (r=0.63), and between those of bile and digestive canal contents (r=0.69) was observed.