Detection of the marine toxins okadaic acid and domoic acid in shellfish and phytoplankton in the Gulf of Mexico. Academic Article

abstract

• Liquid chromatographic analyses of extracts from shellfish and phytoplankton from the Gulf of Mexico indicated the presence of the marine toxins okadaic acid (0.162 microgram/g shellfish) and domoic acid (2.1 pg/cell phytoplankter). These toxins are causative agents of diarrhetic shellfish poisoning (DSP) and amnesic shellfish poisoning (ASP), respectively. The presence of DSP and ASP toxins in a region with no previous record of outbreaks may indicate a potential for human poisoning under conditions appropriate for accumulation of these toxins in shellfish.

authors

• Roelke, Daniel

published proceedings

• Toxicon

altmetric score

• 6

author list (cited authors)

• Dickey, R. W., Fryxell, G. A., Granade, H. R., & Roelke, D.

citation count

• 53

complete list of authors

• Dickey, RW||Fryxell, GA||Granade, HR||Roelke, D

publication date

• March 1992

publisher

• Elsevier  Publisher

published in

• Toxicon  Journal

keywords

• Animals
• Ethers, Cyclic
• Kainic Acid
• Marine Toxins
• Okadaic Acid
• Phytoplankton
• Shellfish

Digital Object Identifier (DOI)

• 10.1016/0041-0101(92)90877-8

start page

• 355

end page

• 359

volume

• 30

issue

• 3

URL

• http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/0041-0101(92)90877-8