Marine toxins : detection methods, chemical and biological aspects and health effects / Dominick Gray, editor.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Gray, Dominick, editor.

Series:

Environmental health (Nova Science Publishers)

Environmental Health - Physical, Chemical and Biological Factors

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Marine toxins.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (130 p.)

Place of Publication:

New York, [New York] : Nova Publishers, 2016.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

In areas where toxic algal blooms occur, the main affected organisms are shellfish, which, because of their high levels of filtration (clearance rate), accumulate high concentrations of nutrients and toxic phytoplankton in their visceral tissue. This accumulation of toxins in shellfish leads to a distribution of these toxins to their different non-visceral tissues. Chapter One of Marine Toxins: Detection Methods, Chemical and Biological Aspects and Health Effects discusses the detection and quantification of lipophilic marine biotoxins by liquid chromatography tandem mass spectrometry from endemic species and gastropods. Chapter Two presents studies which use the similarity analysis of paralytic shellfish poisoning toxins (PSP-toxins) profile patterns to analyze epidemiological linkage of a group of toxins contaminated bivalves collected between years 2004 and 2015. Chapter Three provide an overview of the current status of biomarker use in the assessment of the effects of marine toxins on bivalve mollusks. Chapter Four reviews the latest research on the biological and clinical effects of caulerpenyne.

Contents:

MARINE TOXINS: DETECTION METHODS, CHEMICAL AND BIOLOGICAL ASPECTS AND HEALTH EFFECTS; MARINE TOXINS DETECTION METHODS, CHEMICAL AND BIOLOGICAL ASPECTS AND HEALTH EFFECTS; Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data; CONTENTS; PREFACE; Chapter 1: DETECTION AND QUANTIFICATION OF LIPOPHILIC MARINE BIOTOXINS BY LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY TANDEM MASS SPECTROMETRY (LC-MS/MS) FROM ENDEMIC SPECIES (MYTILUS SP.) AND GASTROPODS FROM SOUTHERN CHILE; ABSTRACT; 1. INTRODUCTION; 2. LIPOPHILIC MARINE BIOTOXINS; 3. CURRENT STATE OF LIPOPHILIC MARINE BIOTOXINS IN CHILE

4. LEVELS OF LIPOPHILIC MARINE BIOTOXINS IN ENDEMIC SHELLFISH FROM CHILECONCLUSION; ACKNOWLEDGMENTS; REFERENCES; Chapter 2: APPLICATION OF PSP-TOXINS PROFILE AS BIOLOGICAL FINGERPRINT FOR TRACING THE POSSIBLE ORIGIN OF TOXINS CONTAMINATED SHELLFISH; ABSTRACT; 1. INTRODUCTION; 2. METHODS; 3. RESULTS; 4. DISCUSSION; ACKNOWLEDGMENTS; CONFLICTS OF INTEREST; DECLARATIONS; REFERENCES; Chapter 3: CELLULAR AND MOLECULAR BIOMARKERS FOR ASSESSING THE HARMFUL EFFECTS OF MARINE TOXINS IN BIVALVE MOLLUSKS; ABSTRACT; INTRODUCTION; CELLULAR BIOMARKERS; MOLECULAR BIOMARKERS

APPLICATION OF "OMIC" TECHNOLOGIES TO MOLECULAR BIOMARKER DISCOVERYCONCLUSION; REFERENCES; Chapter 4: CAULERPENYNE FROM THE GENUS CAULERPA: BIOLOGICAL AND CLINICAL EFFECTS; ABSTRACT; INTRODUCTION; CAULERPA EFFECTS OVER THE FAUNA, THE MEDITERRANEAN CASE; CAULERPENYNE CHEMISTRY; CAULERPENYNE AND OXIDATIVE STRESS INDUCTION; POTENTIAL THERAPEUTIC EFFECTS OF CAULERPENYNE; REFERENCES; INDEX

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Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

1-63484-486-6