Tetrodotoxin (TTX) is a crystalline, weakly basic, colorless organic substance and is one of
the most potent marine toxins known. Although TTX was first isolated from pufferfish, it has …

Massive phytoplankton proliferation, and the consequent release of toxic metabolites, can
be responsible for seafood poisoning outbreaks: filter-feeding mollusks, such as shellfish …

Marine biotoxins are produced by aquatic microorganisms and accumulate in shellfish or
finfish following the food web. These toxins usually reach human consumers by ingestion of …

The preclinical research community faces an ever-expanding corpus of biomedical
literature, making it challenging to keep abreast with the latest findings. This hampers …

The third edition of this bestselling text has been rigorously updated to reflect major new
discoveries and concepts since 2011, especially progress due to extensive application of …

Tetrodotoxin (TTX) is a potent neurotoxin responsible for countless human intoxications and
deaths around the world. The distribution of TTX and its analogues is diverse and the toxin …

Marine phycotoxins are a multiplicity of bioactive compounds which are produced by
microalgae and bioaccumulate in the marine food web. Phycotoxins affect the ecosystem …

Harmful algal blooms pose a challenge regarding food safety due to their erratic nature and
forming circumstances which are yet to be disclosed. The best strategy to protect human …

Cyclic imines are a class of lipophilic shellfish toxins comprising gymnodimines, spirolides,
pinnatoxins, portimines, pteriatoxins, prorocentrolides, spiro-prorocentrimine, symbiomines …

Along the Italian coasts, toxins of algal origin in wild and cultivated shellfish have been
reported since the 1970s. In this study, we used data gathered by the Veterinary Public …