Determination of diarrhetic shellfish toxins in various dinoflagellate species

Autor: Jong Soo Lee, Santiago Fraga, Teruo Igarashi, Takeshi Yasumoto, Peter Hovgaard, Einal Dahl
Rok vydání: 1989
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Zdroj: Journal of Applied Phycology. 1:147-152
ISSN: 1573-5176
0921-8971
DOI: 10.1007/bf00003877
Popis: Sixteen species of unialgal samples of dinoflagellate, either wild or cultured, were tested for production of diarrhetic shellfish toxins such as okadaic acid (OA), dinophysistoxin-1 (DTX1), and pectenotoxins (PTXs). Determination of micro-quantities of the toxins was facilitated by fluorometry and UV HPLC. Seven Dinophysis species were confirmed to produce either OA or DTX1, or both. Toxin content and composition varied regionally and seasonally. Intraspecies variation was also observed among cultured strains of Prorocentrum lima. PTX2 was the only toxin detected among PTX family, and D. fortii was the only species to contain this toxin.
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