Non-Traditional Vectors for Paralytic Shellfish Poisoning
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Non-Traditional Vectors for Paralytic Shellfish Poisoning
Paralytic shellfish poisoning (PSP), due to saxitoxin and related compounds, typically results from the consumption of filter-feeding molluscan shellfish that concentrate toxins from marine dinoflagellates. In addition to these microalgal sources, saxitoxin and related compounds, referred to in this review as STXs, are also produced in freshwater cyanobacteria and have been associated with calc...
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عنوان ژورنال: Marine Drugs
سال: 2008
ISSN: 1660-3397
DOI: 10.3390/md6020308