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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
1-2
pubmed:dateCreated
2007-7-30
pubmed:abstractText
The presence of paralytic shellfish poisoning (PSP) toxins has not been recorded in the Portuguese coast since 1995. A bloom of Gymnodinium catenatum occurred in the NW coast of Portugal in the autumn of 2005, and PSP profiles were determined in several inshore and offshore shellfish species by HPLC after pre-column oxidation. Most of the species studied contained a complex toxin profile, typically representative of contamination by G. catenatum. However, clams such as Spisula solida contained mainly decarbamoyl toxins, while less extensive transformation was found in Scrobicularia plana. In vitro incubation of S. solida digestive glands with PSP standards revealed a rapid transformation of carbamate and N-sulfocarbamoyl toxins into their corresponding decarbamate analogues. After 24 h, less than 5% of the carbamate or N-sulfocarbamoyl toxins tested remained. After a 24 h in vitro incubation of S. plana digestive glands, no decarbamate analogues were detected. Artificial toxification of S. plana with cultures of G. catenatum revealed the conversion into decarbamoyl analogues progressed slowly: initially dcGTX2+3 and dcSTX accounted only for 5% of total non N-1 hydroxilated toxins, after 6 days these toxins accounted for 41% of the toxin composition. In vitro incubations of digestive glands from other commercial bivalves did not reveal production of decarbamoyl analogues over a 24 h period.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Aug
pubmed:issn
0021-9673
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:day
10
pubmed:volume
1160
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
99-105
pubmed:dateRevised
2009-1-15
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
2007
pubmed:articleTitle
Profiles of paralytic shellfish poisoning toxins in shellfish from Portugal explained by carbamoylase activity.
pubmed:affiliation
Instituto Nacional de Investigação Agrária e das Pescas (IPIMAR), Av. Brasília, s/n, 1449-006 Lisboa, Portugal.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't