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HARMFUL ALGAL BLOOMS IN THE MEDITERRANEAN SEA: EFFECTS ON HUMAN HEALTH.

open access: yesEuromediterranean Biomedical Journal, 2013
A harmful algal bloom (HAB) is defined as a bloom that has deleterious effects on plants, animals or humans. Marine algal toxins are responsible for an array of human illnesses associated with consumption of seafood or exposure to aerosolized toxins ...
Margherita Ferrante
doaj   +1 more source

Paralytic shellfish poisoning

open access: yesEge Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences, 2013
Kabuklu deniz hayvanlarının tüketimine bağlı olarak gelişen zehirlenmelerin içinde en yüksek ölüm oranını paralitik kaynaklı zehirlenmesi oluşturmaktadır. Paralitik gıda zehirlenmesi, filtrasyon yoluyla toksini bünyelerine alan kabukluların tüketimiyle vücuda alınan toksinlerin etkisini çok kısa sürede göstermesi ve etkili bir tanı ve tedavi edilmezse ...
DEMİREL, Yağmur Nil, ÇELİK, T. Haluk
openaire   +2 more sources

Occurrence of harmful algal species and shellfish toxicity in Sardinia (Italy)

open access: yesItalian Journal of Food Safety, 2016
Sardinia (Italy, north-western Mediterranean) is a commercially important producer of edible bivalve molluscs. Since the early 2000s, it was subjected to recurring cases of mussel farm closures due to toxic algal poison.
Anna Maria Bazzoni   +12 more
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Fatal Canine Intoxications Linked to the Presence of Saxitoxins in Stranded Marine Organisms Following Winter Storm Activity. [PDF]

open access: yes, 2018
At the start of 2018, multiple incidents of dog illnesses were reported following consumption of marine species washed up onto the beaches of eastern England after winter storms.
Coates, Lewis   +13 more
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Phycotoxins in Marine Shellfish: Origin, Occurrence and Effects on Humans

open access: yesMarine Drugs, 2018
Massive phytoplankton proliferation, and the consequent release of toxic metabolites, can be responsible for seafood poisoning outbreaks: filter-feeding mollusks, such as shellfish, mussels, oysters or clams, can accumulate these toxins throughout the ...
Federica Farabegoli   +4 more
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Structure of the saxiphilin:saxitoxin (STX) complex reveals a convergent molecular recognition strategy for paralytic toxins. [PDF]

open access: yes, 2019
Dinoflagelates and cyanobacteria produce saxitoxin (STX), a lethal bis-guanidinium neurotoxin causing paralytic shellfish poisoning. A number of metazoans have soluble STX-binding proteins that may prevent STX intoxication.
Du Bois, J   +4 more
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Electrochemical detection of the toxic dinoflagellate Alexandrium ostenfeldii with a DNA-biosensor [PDF]

open access: yes, 2005
The steady rise of observations of harmful or toxic algal blooms throughout the world in the past decades constitute a menace for coastal ecosystems and human interests.
Huljic, S.   +3 more
core   +1 more source

Detection of shellfish toxins from scallops in Guangzhou seafood market

open access: yesJournal of Venomous Animals and Toxins including Tropical Diseases, 2011
To evaluate scallop safety in the Guangzhou seafood market, contents of shellfish toxins in adductor muscle, mantle skirts, gills and visceral mass of scallops were examined using enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA) and mouse unit assay.
L Huazhang   +6 more
doaj   +1 more source

Effect of Different N:P Ratios on the Growth, Toxicity, and Toxin Profile of Gymnodinium catenatum (Dinophyceae) Strains from the Gulf of California

open access: yesToxins, 2022
The harmful microalgae Gymnodinium catenatum is a unique naked dinoflagellate that produces paralytic shellfish poisoning toxins (PSTs). This species is common along the coasts of the Mexican Pacific and is responsible for paralytic shellfish poisoning ...
Francisco E. Hernández-Sandoval   +7 more
doaj   +1 more source

Effects of temperature and salinity on the growth of Alexandrium (Dinophyceae) isolates from the Salish Sea [PDF]

open access: yes, 2016
This paper is not subject to U.S. copyright. The definitive version was published in Journal of Phycology 52 (2016): 230–238, doi:10.1111/jpy.12386.Toxin-producing blooms of dinoflagellates in the genus Alexandrium have plagued the inhabitants of the ...
Anderson, Donald M.   +4 more
core   +1 more source

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