Marine Drugs, 2023 Shellfish accumulate microalgal toxins, which can make them unsafe for human consumption. In France, in accordance with EU regulations, three groups of marine toxins are currently under official monitoring: lipophilic toxins, saxitoxins, and domoic acid.
Zouher Amzil +10 more
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Latitudinal Differentiation in the Effects of the Toxic Dinoflagellate Alexandrium spp. on the Feeding and Reproduction of Populations of the Copepod Acartia Hudsonica [PDF]
, 2002 Blooms of the dinoflagellate Alexandrium spp. increase in their frequency, toxicity and historical presence with increasing latitude from New Jersey (USA) to the Gaspé peninsula (Canada).
Colin, Sean, Dam, Hans G.
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Historical Perspective of the Characterization of Conotoxins Targeting Voltage-Gated Sodium Channels
Marine Drugs, 2023 Marine toxins have potent actions on diverse sodium ion channels regulated by transmembrane voltage (voltage-gated ion channels) or by neurotransmitters (nicotinic acetylcholine receptor channels).
James R. Groome
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No evidence for a culturable bacterial tetrodotoxin producer in Pleurobranchaea maculata (Gastropoda: Pleurobranchidae) and Stylochoplana sp. (Platyhelminthes: Polycladida) [PDF]
, 2015 Tetrodotoxin (TTX) is a potent neurotoxin found in the tissues of many taxonomically diverse organisms. Its origin has been the topic of much debate, with suggestions including endogenous production, acquisition through diet, and symbiotic bacterial ...
Cary, S. Craig +3 more
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Biology and Life Sciences Forum, 2023 The EU Rapid Alert System for Food and Feed (RASFF) is a tool for the rapid exchange of information on food and feed safety issues between EU member states and the European Commission, destined to notify food safety authorities about products posing a ...
Panagiota Katikou
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Scientia Marina, 2013 This study reports the accumulation of paralytic shellfish toxins (PSTs) in Atlantic horse mackerel (Trachurus trachurus) over a bloom of the toxigenic dinoflagellate Gymnodinium catenatum. High levels of toxins, up to 4800 μg STXeq kg–1, were registered
Sandra Lage, Pedro Reis Costa
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Analysis of the Use of Cylindrospermopsin and/or Microcystin-Contaminated Water in the Growth, Mineral Content, and Contamination of Spinacia oleracea and Lactuca sativa [PDF]
, 2019 Cyanobacteria and cyanotoxins constitute a serious environmental and human health problem. Moreover, concerns are raised with the use of contaminated water in agriculture and vegetable production as this can lead to food contamination and human exposure ...
Barreiro, Aldo +5 more
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Illnesses Caused by Marine Toxins [PDF]
Clinical Infectious Diseases, 2005 Marine toxins are produced by algae or bacteria and are concentrated in contaminated seafood. Substantial increases in seafood consumption in recent years, together with globalization of the seafood trade, have increased potential exposure to these agents. Marine toxins produce neurological, gastrointestinal, and cardiovascular syndromes, some of which
Jeremy, Sobel, John, Painter
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Paralytic and Amnesic Shellfish Toxins Impacts on Seabirds, Analyses and Management
Toxins, 2021 Marine biotoxins have been frequently implicated in morbidity and mortality events in numerous species of birds worldwide. Nevertheless, their effects on seabirds have often been overlooked and the associated ecological impact has not been extensively ...
Begoña Ben-Gigirey +4 more
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Health and Environmental Impacts of Cyanobacteria and Cyanotoxins from Freshwater to Seawater
ToxinsCyanobacterial harmful algal blooms (cyanoHABs) are a natural phenomenon produced mainly by the interaction between natural and anthropogenic events. CyanoHABs are characterized by the production of cyanotoxins that can have harmful effects on different ...
Tamara Villalobos +2 more
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