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Toxic Effects and Tumor Promotion Activity of Marine Phytoplankton Toxins: A Review

open access: yesToxins, 2022
Phytoplankton are photosynthetic microorganisms in aquatic environments that produce many bioactive substances. However, some of them are toxic to aquatic organisms via filter-feeding and are even poisonous to humans through the food chain.
Biswajita Pradhan   +3 more
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SoundToxins: A Research and Monitoring Partnership for Harmful Phytoplankton in Washington State

open access: yesToxins, 2023
The more frequent occurrence of marine harmful algal blooms (HABs) and recent problems with newly-described toxins in Puget Sound have increased the risk for illness and have negatively impacted sustainable access to shellfish in Washington State. Marine
Vera L. Trainer, Teri L. King
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Human shellfish poisoning: Implementation of a national surveillance program in France

open access: yesFrontiers in Marine Science, 2023
Toxic algae and their toxins represent an emerging public health issue, particularly due to global warming. The toxicological mechanisms of neurotoxic phycotoxins and their human health effects have been widely described (paralytic, neurological, amnesic,
Sandra Sinno-Tellier   +6 more
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A THEORETICAL ESTIMATION OF EXPOSURE TO SHELLFISH TOXINS OF DIFFERENT POPULATION GROUPS IN BULGARIA

open access: yesArchives of the Balkan Medical Union, 2021
Introduction. Shellfish poisoning could be caused by ingestion of shellfish contaminated by bacteria, viruses, heavy metals, pesticides, marine biotoxins etc. The objective of the study was to determine the theoretical human exposure to shellfish toxins
Zlatina V. PETEVA   +4 more
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New evidence of pectenotoxins in farmed bivalve molluscs from Sardinia (Italy)

open access: yesItalian Journal of Food Safety, 2021
Several planktonic dinoflagellates can produce lipophilic phycotoxins that represent a significant threat to public health as well as to shellfish and fish farming.
Alessandro G. Mudadu   +12 more
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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
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Detection of diarrheal shellfish toxins

open access: yesReviews in Analytical Chemistry, 2022
Seafood poisoning outbreaks are often caused by biotoxins generated by harmful algal blooms. Shellfish toxins, mainly derived from phytoplankton, cause diarrhea and poisoning in humans who consume contaminated seafood. Many studies suggest that diarrheal
Xu Rui   +3 more
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