Pumiliotoxin 251D
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Pumiliotoxin (PTX) 251D is one of the toxins found in the skin of poison frogs. It is not manufactured by the frogs, but absorbed through their ant-rich diet. Some poison frogs have the ability to convert pumiliotoxin 251D into allopumiliotoxin 267A, a more potent variant of the toxin.
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