Effects of marine toxins albino rats

ABSTRACT

An association of toxins of marine animals with a few deaths in fishermen, without any apparent preceding illness, has been suspected for a long time. An experimental study was carried out by injecting venom and toxins of marine animals into albino rats. Significant pathological changes were observed in skin, liver, kidneys, heart and lungs due to physalia venom, and in stomach, kidneys, liver, heart and lungs due to mussel toxins