Tyramine

Japanese: tyramine
Tyramine

... Octopuses feed mainly on crustaceans, but also like other mollusks (shellfish). The salivary glands of octopuses contain toxins such as tyramine that kill these prey, and the blue-ringed octopus found in the tropical Pacific Ocean is particularly poisonous. They do not attack humans, but sometimes people who are bitten by them while playing pranks can die.

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

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

Japanese:

… 餌はおもに甲殻類であるが,他の軟体類(貝類)なども好む。タコの唾液腺にはこれらの餌を殺す,チラミンtyramineなどの毒を含み,なかでも熱帯太平洋に分布するヒョウモンダコは毒性が強い。人を攻撃することはないが,ときにはいたずらをしていてかまれた人が死ぬことがある。…

※「tyramine」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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