Abstract
Several planktonic dinoflagellate species of the genus Dinophysis produce one or two groups of lipophilic toxins: (i) okadaic acid (OA) and its derivatives, the dinophysistoxins (DTXs), and (ii) pectenotoxins (PTXs) [...].
Highlights
Several planktonic dinoflagellate species of the genus Dinophysis produce one or two groups of lipophilic toxins: (i) okadaic acid (OA) and its derivatives, the dinophysistoxins (DTXs), and (ii) pectenotoxins (PTXs) [1,2,3]
Shellfish resources exposed to DTXs and other toxic syndromes need to be monitored for early detection of the toxins and their causative agents and subjected to regulations aimed to protect public health
Forty years after the identification of Dinophysis fortii as the causative agent of severe gastrointestinal outbreaks in Japan [1], toxins produced by a few species of Dinophysis have been recognized, in terms of persistence and distribution, as the main threat to intensive shellfish exploitation in western Europe, eastern Japan, and to a lesser extent in southern Chile and New Zealand
Summary
Several planktonic dinoflagellate species of the genus Dinophysis produce one or two groups of lipophilic toxins: (i) okadaic acid (OA) and its derivatives, the dinophysistoxins (DTXs), and (ii) pectenotoxins (PTXs) [1,2,3]. Shellfish resources exposed to DTXs and other toxic syndromes need to be monitored for early detection of the toxins and their causative agents and subjected to regulations aimed to protect public health.
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