A toxin profile for shellfish involved in an outbreak of paralytic shellfish poisoning in India.
Toxin profiles of clams and oysters involved in the outbreak of paralytic shellfish poisoning in India in 1983 were studied by a liquid chromatographic technique. Gonyautoxins 1, 2, 3, 4 and 8, and 11-epigonyautoxin 8 appeared to be the major toxins along with small amounts of saxitoxin, neosaxitoxin, decarbamoylsaxitoxin, decarbamoylgonyautoxins 2 and 3, C3 and C4. Toxin profile suggests the involvement of Alexandrium spp. in this outbreak.
Karunasagar
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Department of Fishery Microbiology, College of Fisheries, University of Agricultural Sciences, Mangalore, India.
Karunasagar
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Oshima
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Yasumoto
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D000818:Animals; D004196:Disease Outbreaks; D005517:Foodborne Diseases / Q000453:epidemiology*; D006801:Humans; D007194:India; D008387:Marine Toxins / Q000302:isolation & purification* / Q000506:poisoning; D010243:Paralysis / Q000139:chemically induced* / Q000453:epidemiology; D057096:Shellfish Poisoning
D008387:Marine Toxins