title: A toxin profile for shellfish involved in an outbreak of paralytic shellfish poisoning in India.
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Department of Fishery Microbiology, College of Fisheries, University of Agricultural Sciences, Mangalore, India.
authors.forename: I
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Karunasagar
authors.forename: I
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Karunasagar
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Oshima
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Yasumoto
mesh_terms: 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
chemical_list: D008387:Marine Toxins