different between neurotoxin vs anatoxin

English

Etymology

neuro- +? toxin

Noun

neurotoxin (plural neurotoxins)

1. (neuroscience, toxicology, pharmacology) A toxin that specifically acts upon neurons, their synapses, or the nervous system in its entirety.

Synonyms

• neurolysin

Related terms

• neurotoxic

Translations

English

Etymology 1

ana- +? toxin

Noun

anatoxin (countable and uncountable, plural anatoxins)

1. A bacterial toxin (usually an exotoxin) whose toxicity has been weakened or suppressed

Related terms

• anatoxinic

Synonyms

• (bacterial toxin): toxoid, anatoxine

Translations

Further reading

• Toxoid on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Etymology 2

From Anabaena flos-aquae (now Dolichospermum flos-aquae), the species from which the neurotoxin was first isolated

Noun

anatoxin (countable and uncountable, plural anatoxins)

1. A powerful neurotoxin, one of many toxins produced by several species of cyanobacterium.

Usage notes

• Anatoxins are only one of the half a dozen groups of toxins that cyanobacteria are capable of producing.

Synonyms

• (toxin from cyanobacteria): very fast death factor, VFDF

Hypernyms

• (toxin from cyanobacteria): cyanotoxin

Coordinate terms

• (toxins produced by cyanobacteria): cylindrospermopsin, lyngbyatoxin, microcystin, nodularin, saxitoxin

Translations

Further reading

• Anatoxin-a on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Anatoxins on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons