Citation

Okumura M, Yamada S, Oshima Y, Ishikawa N. Nat. Toxins 1994; 2(3): 141-143.

Affiliation

Laboratory of Biology, Aichi Prefectural Institute of Public Health, Nagoya, Japan.

Copyright

(Copyright © 1994, Wiley-Liss)

DOI

unavailable

PMID

8087435

Abstract

A "red tide" bloom of Alexandrium tamarense occurred in Mikawa Bay in April 1991. In association with this, paralytic shellfish poisoning toxin was detected in short-necked clams by mouse bioassay. High performance liquid chromatography analysis demonstrated large quantities of the N-sulfocarbamoyl toxins, C1, and C2 (approximately 90% of the total toxins), whose latent potency was confirmed by treatment with boiling at low pH.

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