okadaic acid

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English

Etymology

After the marine sponge Halichondria okadai, from which it was first isolated.

Noun

okadaic acid (countable and uncountable, plural okadaic acids)

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  1. A toxin that accumulates in bivalves and causes diarrhetic shellfish poisoning.