Paralytic shellfish toxins occurrence in non-traditional invertebrate vectors from north Atlantic waters (Azores, Madeira, and Morocco)

• Published in: Toxins
• Main Authors: Silva M., Rey V., Barreiro A., Kaufmann M., Neto A.I., Hassouani M., Sabour B., Botana A., Botana L.M., Vasconcelos V.
• Other Authors: CIIMAR - Centro Interdisciplinar de Investigação Marinha e Ambiental
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: MDPI 2018
• Subjects: decarbamoyl gonyautoxin 2; decarbamoyl gonyautoxin 3; decarbamoyl saxitoxin; gonyautoxin; gonyautoxin 1; gonyautoxin 2; gonyautoxin 3; gonyautoxin 4; gonyautoxin 5; n sulfocarbamoyl gonyautoxin 2; n sulfocarbamoyl gonyautoxin 3; neosaxitoxin; saxitoxin; shellfish toxin; unclassified drug; Arbacia lixula; Article; Charonia lampas; Diadema africanum; Echinaster sepositus; high performance liquid chromatography; invertebrate; liquid chromatography-mass spectrometry; nonhuman; Ophidiaster ophidianus; Paracentrotus lividus; Patella aspera; Patella ordinaria; Pollicipes pollicipes; Stramonita haemastoma; Umbraculum umbraculum; Rua; North Atlantic
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/10216/120522; https://doi.org/10.3390/toxins10090362

Paralytic shellfish toxins (PSTs) are potent alkaloids of microalgal and cyanobacterial origin, with worldwide distribution. Over the last 20 years, the number of poisoning incidents has declined as a result of the implementation of legislation and monitoring programs based on bivalves. In the summe...