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.
Maria João Botelho +2 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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Hemolymph-Mediated Dynamics of Paralytic Shellfish Toxins and Tetrodotoxin in Scallops [PDF]
Marine DrugsTo investigate the dynamics of paralytic shellfish toxins (PSTs) and tetrodotoxins (TTX) in scallops, PSTs and TTX were analyzed in the hemolymph supernatant (hemolymph-S) and digestive gland in Yesso and Akazara scallops cultured in eastern Japan.
Ranmaru Matsui +5 more
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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 +2 more
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A Sub-Acute Dosing Study of Saxitoxin and Tetrodotoxin Mixtures in Mice Suggests That the Current Paralytic Shellfish Toxin Regulatory Limit Is Fit for Purpose [PDF]
Toxins, 2023 Paralytic shellfish poisoning is a worldwide problem induced by shellfish contaminated with paralytic shellfish toxins. To protect human health, a regulatory limit for these toxins in shellfish flesh has been adopted by many countries. In a recent study,
Sarah C. Finch +7 more
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Profiling the Paralytic Effects and Lethality of Cone Snail Venom Toxins Using Nanofractionation Analytics with In Vivo Zebrafish Larvae Assays [PDF]
ToxinsThis study presents nanofractionation analytics coupled with in vivo profiling of zebrafish embryo paralysis and lethality in response to toxins in cone snail venoms.
Jeroen Kool +6 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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Marine Biotoxins in Whole and Processed Scallops from the Argentine Sea
Marine Drugs, 2022 Harmful algal blooms are an increasing worldwide threat to the seafood industry and human health as a consequence of the natural production of biotoxins that can accumulate in shellfish.
Alejandra B. Goya +8 more
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Journal of Marine Science and Engineering, 2022 Bivalve mollusk production represents the principal aquaculture activity in Sardinia (40°03′ N, 9°05′ E). In 2021, 859 water samples and 1270 mollusk samples were analyzed.
Giuseppa Lorenzoni +14 more
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Substrate Promiscuity of a Paralytic Shellfish Toxin Amidinotransferase [PDF]
ACS Chemical Biology, 2020 Secondary metabolites are assembled by enzymes that often perform reactions with high selectivity and specificity. Many of these enzymes also tolerate variations in substrate structure, exhibiting promiscuity that enables various applications of a given biocatalyst.
April L. Lukowski +7 more
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