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Lecture 19 - Marine Toxins in Food

Learning Objectives

  1. Understand the linkage between marine algal toxins and human food poisoning.
  2. Examine Scombroid fish poisoning
  3. Examine Ciguatera fish poisoning
  4. Understand paralytic shellfish poisoning (PSP), neurotoxic shellfish poisoning, diarrhetic shellfish poisoning, encephalopathic or amnesic shellfish poisoning.
  5. Examine Fugu poisoning (tetrodotoxin).
  6. Explore other marine toxins.
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Advance Reading

  1. Shibamoto & Bjeldanes, pp 104-121
  2. Marine Biotoxins, Introduction

Suggested Reading

  1. Marine Toxins, CDC

Resources

Keywords

  • Scombroid fish poisoning
  • Ciguatera fish poisoning
  • Ciguatoxin
  • Shellfish toxicity
  • Paralytic shellfish poisoning (PSP)
  • Saxitoxin
  • Neurotoxic shellfish poisoning
  • Brevetoxin
  • Diarrhetic shellfish poisoning
  • Okadaic acid
  • Encephalopathic (amnesic) shellfish poisoning
  • Domoic acid
  • Fugu poisoning
  • Tetrodotoxin
  • Harmful algal blooms (HAB; red tide)
  • Gempylotoxin
  • Pfiesteria complex organisms (PCO)