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TIL Maitotoxin-1 is an extremely powerful and potent biotoxin produced by the dinoflagellate species Gambierdiscus toxicus. It has a LD50 of 130ng/kg in mice and it produces one of the most complex and largest non-protein and non-polysaccharide molecules by organisms.

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