A compound that contains a reduced purine ring system but is not biosynthetically related to the purine alkaloids. It is a poison found in certain edible mollusks at certain times; elaborated by GONYAULAX and consumed by mollusks, fishes, etc. without ill effects. It is neurotoxic and causes RESPIRATORY PARALYSIS and other effects in MAMMALS, known as paralytic SHELLFISH poisoning.
Saxitoxin has been studied across 11 research domains including 🧠 Focus & Attention, 🔬 Oncology, 😴 Sleep, 💊 Pain, 🧠 Cognitive. The primary research focus is 🧠 Focus & Attention with 7% of studies addressing this area.
The following compounds share molecular targets with Saxitoxin, based on binding affinity data from BindingDB and ChEMBL. Sorted by shared target overlap.
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