title: A comparison of methods for diarrhoeic shellfish poison detection.
abstract: Samples of diarrhoeic shellfish poison (DSP) mussels from several parts of the Italian Adriatic coastline were extracted and tested according to a number of different methods presently available, i.e. Yasumoto's mouse biotest, Kat's biotest, the ELISA test and the HPLC method. Results were compared for toxic levels detected in each sample. While a common qualitative result (toxic/non-toxic) was given by all the methods, no clear quantitative agreement was found. The differences between methods and consequent lack of agreement in results are discussed.
authors.affiliation: Laboratory of Environmental Hygiene-Istituto Superiore di Sanità, Rome, Italy.
authors.forename: P M
authors.initials: PM
authors.lastname: Gucci
authors.forename: A P
authors.initials: AP
authors.lastname: Serse
authors.forename: A M
authors.initials: AM
authors.lastname: Coccia
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Tubaro
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Della Loggia
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Gianna
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Bruno
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Volterra
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001681:Biological Assay; D049872:Bivalvia / Q000737:chemistry*; D002851:Chromatography, High Pressure Liquid; D003967:Diarrhea / Q000209:etiology; D004797:Enzyme-Linked Immunosorbent Assay; D004988:Ethers, Cyclic / Q000032:analysis* / Q000633:toxicity; D005260:Female; D008387:Marine Toxins / Q000032:analysis* / Q000633:toxicity; D051379:Mice; D019319:Okadaic Acid; D051381:Rats
chemical_list: D004988:Ethers, Cyclic; D008387:Marine Toxins; D019319:Okadaic Acid