First Detection of Tetrodotoxin in Greek Shellfish by UPLC-MS/MS Potentially Linked to the Presence of the Dinoflagellate Prorocentrum minimum

First Detection of Tetrodotoxin in Greek Shellfish by UPLC-MS/MS Potentially Linked to the Presence of the Dinoflagellate Prorocentrum minimum

During official shellfish control for the presence of marine biotoxins in Greece in year 2012, a series of unexplained positive mouse bioassays (MBA) for lipophilic toxins with nervous symptomatology prior to mice death was observed in mussels from Vistonikos Bay–Lagos, Rodopi. This atypical toxicit...

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Main Authors: Aristidis Vlamis, Panagiota Katikou, Ines Rodriguez, Verónica Rey, Amparo Alfonso, Angelos Papazachariou, Thetis Zacharaki, Ana M. Botana, Luis M. Botana
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2015-05-01
Series:Toxins
Subjects:
Aegean Sea
emerging biotoxins
Mediterranean Sea
cultured mussels
Mytilus galloprovincialis
Prorocentrum minimum
tetrodotoxin
toxic episode
UPLC-MS/MS
venerupin shellfish toxin
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