An automated HPLC method for the rapid analysis of paralytic shellfish toxins from dinoflagellates and bacteria using precolumn oxidation at low temperature

Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology

Volumn 197, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 145-157

  Flynn, Krystyna ^a   Flynn, Kevin J ^a  

^a SWANSEA UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Bacteria; Dinoflagellates; Gonyautoxins; HPLC precolumn oxidation; Paralytic shellfish toxins; PSP; Saxitoxin

Indexed keywords

GONYAUTOXIN; NEOSAXITOXIN; SAXITOXIN; TOXIN;

ALGA; ARTICLE; AUTOMATION; BACTERIUM; DINOFLAGELLATE; FLUORESCENCE; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; LOW TEMPERATURE; NONHUMAN; OXIDATION; SHELLFISH; TOXIN ANALYSIS;

EID: 0030114734     PISSN: 00220981     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0022-0981(95)00150-6     Document Type: Article

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