Comparison of paralytic toxins in aquaculture of purple clam in Taiwan.
Toxicon
; 30(5-6): 669-72, 1992.
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ABSTRACT
Food poisoning incidents due to ingesting the cultured purple clam Soletellina diphos occurred in western Taiwan in February 1991. Clam specimens, sediment and the dinoflagellate Alexandrium tamarensis were collected and assayed for lethality as paralytic shellfish poison (PSP). The lethality of purple clam, wet sediment and phytoplankton was 1700 mouse units per specimen (MU/specimen), 0.05 MU/g and 3.6 x 10(-5) MU/cell, respectively. The toxins obtained from clam, sediment and phytoplankton consisted of gonyautoxins 1-4, along with trace amounts of neosaxitoxin.
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Coleções:
01-internacional
Contexto em Saúde:
3_ND
Base de dados:
MEDLINE
Assunto principal:
Paralisia
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Bivalves
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Doenças Transmitidas por Alimentos
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Toxinas Marinhas
Limite:
Animals
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Humans
País/Região como assunto:
Asia
Idioma:
En
Revista:
Toxicon
Ano de publicação:
1992
Tipo de documento:
Article