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PbTx-2

Trivial Name: PbTx-2
CAS Registry Number: 79580-28-2
Source Organism: Karenia brevis
Formula: C50H70O14
Exact Mass: 894.4758
Formula Weight: 895.2
Production Method: Natural product
Storage/Shipping Conditions: -20oC

Mode of action:
Brevetoxins are known to bind to site 5 of voltage-gated sodium channels in nerve cells, leading to channel activation. This leads to disruption of normal neurological processes and causes the illness clinically described as neurotoxic shellfish poisoning (NSP).1 PbTx-2 contains a brevetoxin B backbone.

Unit sizes: 100 µg - $160; 1 mg - $1360

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