Shiomi K, Takamiya M, Yamanaka H, Kikuchi T, Konno K
Toxicon. 1986;24(10):1015-8. doi: 10.1016/0041-0101(86)90008-5.
The crude extract from the skin secretion of the oriental catfish, Plotosus lineatus, contained at least one hemolysin, two lethal factors and two edema-forming factors; the lethal and edema-forming factors seem to be identical. The molecular weights of the hemolysin and the lethal factors (edema-forming factors) were estimated to be 180,000 and 12,000, respectively. Peculiar secretory cells, which resembled the venom glandular cells of the dorsal and pectoral stings, were observed in the epidermis.
