Use of fluorometry for the determination of Gonyaulax tamarensis var. excavata toxins in New England shellfish.
1981
N H Shoptaugh, and
P W Carter, and
T L Foxall, and
J J Sasner, and
M Ikawa
UI
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D005506
Food Contamination
The presence in food of harmful, unpalatable, or otherwise objectionable foreign substances, e.g. chemicals, microorganisms or diluents, before, during, or after processing or storage.
A compound that contains a reduced purine ring system but is not biosynthetically related to the purine alkaloids. It is a poison found in certain edible mollusks at certain times; elaborated by GONYAULAX and consumed by mollusks, fishes, etc. without ill effects. It is neurotoxic and causes RESPIRATORY PARALYSIS and other effects in MAMMALS, known as paralytic SHELLFISH poisoning.