title: Desulfoyessotoxins from Adriatic mussels: a new problem for seafood safety control.
abstract: Two new desulfated yessotoxin (YTX) analogues were isolated from a toxic batch of Adriatic mussels collected in October 2004. Their stereostructures were elucidated through extensive NMR and MS-based analysis. The finding of these desulfocarboxyhomoYTXs in shellfish poses additional problems to those institutions entitled to control seafood safety, since desulfated YTXs fail the European Union method currently in force for checking toxicity in mollusks.
authors.affiliation: Dipartimento di Chimica delle Sostanze Naturali, Università degli Studi di Napoli Federico II, via Domenico Montesano, 49, 80131 Napoli, Italy.
authors.forename: Patrizia
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Ciminiello
authors.forename: Carmela
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Dell'aversano
authors.forename: Ernesto
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Fattorusso
authors.forename: Martino
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Forino
authors.forename: Laura
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Grauso
authors.forename: Silvana G
authors.initials: SG
authors.lastname: Magno
authors.forename: Roberto
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Poletti
authors.forename: Luciana
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Tartaglione
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D049872:Bivalvia / Q000737:chemistry*; D002851:Chromatography, High Pressure Liquid; D005260:Female; D005506:Food Contamination; D008054:Lipid Peroxides / Q000737:chemistry; D009682:Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy; D008387:Marine Toxins / Q000032:analysis*; D051379:Mice; D008810:Mice, Inbred C57BL; D017751:Safety Management; D021241:Spectrometry, Mass, Electrospray Ionization; D013056:Spectrophotometry, Ultraviolet
chemical_list: D008054:Lipid Peroxides; D008387:Marine Toxins