@article{ref1,
title="Paralytic shellfish poisoning toxin profile of mussels Perna perna from southern Atlantic coasts of Morocco",
journal="Toxicon: Journal of the International Society on Toxinology",
year="2008",
author="Abouabdellah, Rachid and Taleb, Hamid and Bennouna, Asmae and Erler, Katrin and Chafik, Abdeghani and Moukrim, Abdelatif",
volume="51",
number="5",
pages="780-786",
abstract="During the monitoring programme of harmful algal blooms established along the south Atlantic coast of Morocco, a bimonthly determination of harmful algae and phycotoxins analysis in Perna perna was carried out from May 2003 to December 2004. Results of mouse bioassay (in organs and whole flesh) showed a seasonal evolution of paralytic shellfish poisoning (PSP) toxin. The mussel's contamination was associated with the occurrence in water of Alexandrium minutum. The PSP toxin profile obtained with high-performance liquid chromatography (HPLC/FD) revealed the dominance of gonyautoxins GTX2 and GTX3 and a minority of GTX1, GTX4 and saxitoxin (STX). This profile explains that the toxicity was mainly associated with A. minutum.<p /><p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="0041-0101",
doi="10.1016/j.toxicon.2007.12.004",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.toxicon.2007.12.004"
}