Paralytic Shellfish Toxins (PST)-Transforming Enzymes: A Review [PDF]
Toxins, 2020 Paralytic shellfish toxins (PSTs) are a group of toxins that cause paralytic shellfish poisoning through blockage of voltage-gated sodium channels.
Mariana I. C. Raposo +3 more
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Methodologies for Detoxifying Bivalves from Marine Paralytic Shellfish Toxins [PDF]
Marine DrugsThe marine environment emerges as a key provider of food and sustainable products. However, these benefits are accompanied by numerous challenges owing to harmful algal blooms (HAB) and their associated biotoxins, which accumulate in organisms, like ...
Adewale Aderogba +2 more
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An Occurrence and Exposure Assessment of Paralytic Shellfish Toxins from Shellfish in Zhejiang Province, China [PDF]
Toxins, 2023 The intake of paralytic shellfish toxins (PSTs) may adversely affect human health. Therefore, this study aimed to show the prevalence of PSTs from commercially available shellfish in Zhejiang Province, China, during the period of frequent red tides ...
Qin Weng +11 more
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Past, Current and Future Techniques for Monitoring Paralytic Shellfish Toxins in Bivalve Molluscs [PDF]
ToxinsParalytic shellfish poisoning is a threat to human health caused by the consumption of shellfish contaminated with toxins of the saxitoxin class. Human health is protected by the setting of regulatory limits and the analysis of shellfish prior to sale ...
Sarah C. Finch, D. Tim Harwood
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First Report of Paralytic Shellfish Toxins in Marine Invertebrates and Fish in Spain [PDF]
Toxins, 2020 A paralytic shellfish poisoning (PSP) episode developed in summer 2018 in the Rías Baixas (Galicia, NW Spain). The outbreak was associated with an unprecedentedly intense and long-lasting harmful algal bloom (HAB) (~one month) caused by the ...
Begoña Ben-Gigirey +3 more
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Contamination Status and Risk Assessment of Paralytic Shellfish Toxins in Shellfish along the Coastal Areas of China [PDF]
Marine DrugsParalytic shellfish toxins (PSTs) are widely distributed in shellfish along the coast of China, causing a serious threat to consumer health; however, there is still a lack of large-scale systematic investigations and risk assessments.
Guanchao Zheng +8 more
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Evaluation of Paralytic Shellfish Toxins in Marine Oyster Farming and Microalgae in the Atlantic Amazon Evidences Safety but Highlights Potential Risks of Shellfish Poisoning [PDF]
Toxins, 2022 Marine phycotoxins are organic compounds synthesized by some species of microalgae, which accumulate in the tissues of filter-feeder organisms such as bivalve mollusks.
Francisco Arimatéia dos Santos Alves +7 more
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Investigation into Paralytic Shellfish Toxins and Microcystins in Seabirds from Portugal [PDF]
ToxinsMicroalgae form the basis of marine food webs, essential in sustaining top predators including seabirds. However, certain species of microalgae synthesize biotoxins, which can accumulate in shellfish and fish and may cause harm to marine animals feeding ...
Lucía Soliño +7 more
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Sub-Acute Feeding Study of Saxitoxin to Mice Confirms the Effectiveness of Current Regulatory Limits for Paralytic Shellfish Toxins [PDF]
Toxins, 2021 Regulatory limits for shellfish toxins are required to protect human health. Often these limits are set using only acute toxicity data, which is significant, as in some communities, shellfish makes up a large proportion of their daily diet and can be ...
Sarah C. Finch +8 more
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ScillyHAB: A Multi-Disciplinary Survey of Harmful Marine Phytoplankton and Shellfish Toxins in the Isles of Scilly: Combining Citizen Science with State-of-the-Art Monitoring in an Isolated UK Island Territory [PDF]
Marine DrugsThe Isles of Scilly are an archipelago of islands in the far southwest of the UK which contain numerous beds of wild bivalve molluscs which are recreationally harvested for local consumption.
Andrew D. Turner +18 more
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