Emerging Marine Biotoxins
Gerssen, Arjen
Emerging Marine Biotoxins - MDPI - Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute 2019 - 1 electronic resource (206 p.)
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The emergence of marine and freshwater toxins in geographical areas where they have never been reported before is a concern due to the considerable impact on (sea)food contamination, and consequently, on public health. Several groups of marine biotoxins, in particular tetrodotoxins, ciguatoxins, and palytoxins, are included among the relevant marine biotoxins that have recently emerged in several coastal areas. A similar situation has been observed in freshwater, where cyanobacterial toxins, such as microcystins, could end up in unexpected areas such as the estuaries where shellfish are cultivated. Climate change and the increased availability of nutrients have been considered as the key factors in the expansion of all of these toxins into new areas; however, this could also be due to more intense biological invasions, more sensitive analytical methods, or perhaps even an increased scientific interest in these natural contaminations. The incidences of human intoxications due to the consumption of seafood contaminated with these toxins have made their study an important task to accomplish in order to protect human health. This Special Issue has a focus on a wide variety of emerging biotoxin classes and techniques to identify and quantify them.
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books978-3-03921-349-8 9783039215133 9783039213498
10.3390/books978-3-03921-349-8 doi
n/a C-CTX-1 non-targeted analysis ciguatera fish poisoning suspects screening neurodegeneration adaptation LC-HRMS paralytic shellfish toxins LC-MS/MS animal toxins identification method characterization caribbean ciguatoxins oral toxicity water flea quorum sensing eutrophication beta-methyl-amino-l-alanine dynamics simulation thermal water spent medium Microcystis Gambierdiscus gambierdiscus whole genome sequencing palytoxin conotoxin ovatoxins cyanobacterial toxin BMAA Ciguatera fish poisoning Rastrineobola argentea calcium-activated K+ ion channel toxicity equivalence factor NMR spectroscopy N2a PPIA marine biotoxins Daphnia magna ELISA disulfide-rich peptide food chain ShK-like peptide voltage-gated K+ ion channel targeted analysis Chinese yellow catfish marine macaronesia neuroblastoma bioassay marine toxins acute toxicity algal-bacterial relationship mass spectrometry tetrodotoxins saxitoxin toxicology cationization seafood safety evolution cyanotoxins toxin genes zoantharian spatial variability dopaminergic neurons tetrodotoxin bivalve mollusks
Emerging Marine Biotoxins - MDPI - Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute 2019 - 1 electronic resource (206 p.)
Open Access
The emergence of marine and freshwater toxins in geographical areas where they have never been reported before is a concern due to the considerable impact on (sea)food contamination, and consequently, on public health. Several groups of marine biotoxins, in particular tetrodotoxins, ciguatoxins, and palytoxins, are included among the relevant marine biotoxins that have recently emerged in several coastal areas. A similar situation has been observed in freshwater, where cyanobacterial toxins, such as microcystins, could end up in unexpected areas such as the estuaries where shellfish are cultivated. Climate change and the increased availability of nutrients have been considered as the key factors in the expansion of all of these toxins into new areas; however, this could also be due to more intense biological invasions, more sensitive analytical methods, or perhaps even an increased scientific interest in these natural contaminations. The incidences of human intoxications due to the consumption of seafood contaminated with these toxins have made their study an important task to accomplish in order to protect human health. This Special Issue has a focus on a wide variety of emerging biotoxin classes and techniques to identify and quantify them.
Creative Commons
English
books978-3-03921-349-8 9783039215133 9783039213498
10.3390/books978-3-03921-349-8 doi
n/a C-CTX-1 non-targeted analysis ciguatera fish poisoning suspects screening neurodegeneration adaptation LC-HRMS paralytic shellfish toxins LC-MS/MS animal toxins identification method characterization caribbean ciguatoxins oral toxicity water flea quorum sensing eutrophication beta-methyl-amino-l-alanine dynamics simulation thermal water spent medium Microcystis Gambierdiscus gambierdiscus whole genome sequencing palytoxin conotoxin ovatoxins cyanobacterial toxin BMAA Ciguatera fish poisoning Rastrineobola argentea calcium-activated K+ ion channel toxicity equivalence factor NMR spectroscopy N2a PPIA marine biotoxins Daphnia magna ELISA disulfide-rich peptide food chain ShK-like peptide voltage-gated K+ ion channel targeted analysis Chinese yellow catfish marine macaronesia neuroblastoma bioassay marine toxins acute toxicity algal-bacterial relationship mass spectrometry tetrodotoxins saxitoxin toxicology cationization seafood safety evolution cyanotoxins toxin genes zoantharian spatial variability dopaminergic neurons tetrodotoxin bivalve mollusks