Development and optimization of LC-MS for the identification and confirmation of ciguatoxins

• Main Author: Estévez Bastos, Pablo
• Other Authors: Gago Martínez, Ana María Consuelo
• Format: Doctoral or Postdoctoral Thesis
• Language: English
• Published: Química analítica e alimentaria 2021
• Subjects: 2301 Química Analítica; 2301.03 Análisis Cromatográfico; 2301.10 Espectroscopia de Masas; Pacific; Indian; Polo; North Atlantic
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/11093/2247

CFP (Ciguatera Fish Poissoning) is a disease associated with the appearance of gastrointestinal and neurological symptoms caused by the consumption of fish contaminated with ciguatoxin (CTX), whose precursors are produced by benthic dinoflagellates of the genus Gambierdiscus. Although these CTXs pro...