Toxin

Japanese: toxin
Toxin

… The main drugs designated as poisons include aconitine, digitalis glycosides, tubocurarine (curare), nicotine (excluding preparations containing 10% or less nicotine), puffer fish poison, morphine, yellow phosphorus, certain cyanide compounds, and certain mercury compounds.
[Toxin]
Toxins are highly toxic substances of biological origin that have a protein structure and are characterized by their antigenicity (the ability to induce specific antibodies in living organisms). Well-known examples of toxins include bacterial toxins such as diphtheria and botulinum, and animal toxins such as snake venom.

*Some of the terminology that mentions "toxin" is listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

Japanese:

… 毒薬に指定されているおもな医薬品には,アコニチン,ジギタリス配糖体,ツボクラリン(クラーレ),ニコチン(含有10%以下の製剤は除外),フグ毒,モルヒネ,黄リン,特定のシアン化合物,特定の水銀化合物などの製剤がある。劇薬毒薬
[毒素(トキシンtoxin)]
 高い毒性をもつ生物起源のタンパク質構造を有する物質をいい,抗原性(生体に特定の抗体を産生させる特性)をもつという特徴がある。毒素としては,たとえばジフテリア菌やボツリヌス菌などの細菌毒素あるいはヘビ毒などの動物毒素がよく知られている。…

※「toxin」について言及している用語解説の一部を掲載しています。

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