title: [The problem of selective determination of PSP toxins in mussels].
abstract: Levels of paralytic shellfish poisoning (PSP) toxins in shellfish are routinely determined by mouse bioassay. In order to improve the qualitative and quantitative determination of PSP toxins, chromatographic techniques with fluorescence detection have been developed. These HPLC methods and the HPLC/MS coupling were used to determine a second PSP toxin which was found, in addition to saxitoxin, in canned Spanish mussels. These canned mussels were rejected in 1986 by the German food control because PSP concentrations were too high. It has been shown that these samples contained mainly dc-saxitoxin.
authors.affiliation: Universität Hohenheim, Institut für Lebensmittelchemie, Stuttgart, Bundesrepublik Deutschland.
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Luckas
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Thielert
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Peters
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D049872:Bivalvia / Q000032:analysis*; D002851:Chromatography, High Pressure Liquid; D005506:Food Contamination / Q000032:analysis*; D005519:Food Preservation; D008387:Marine Toxins / Q000032:analysis*; D012530:Saxitoxin / Q000032:analysis
chemical_list: D008387:Marine Toxins; D012530:Saxitoxin
vernacular_title: Zur Problematik der selektiven Erfassung von PSP-Toxinen aus Muscheln.