Detection of paralytic shellfish poisoning (PSP) toxins in shellfish tissue using MIST Alert™, a new rapid test, in parallel with the regulatory AOAC® mouse bioassay

Toxicon

Volumn 40, Issue 10, 2002, Pages 1407-1425

  Jellett, Joanne F ^a   Roberts, Raymond L ^a   Laycock, Maurice V ^a   Quilliam, Michael A ^b   Barrett, Richard E ^c  

^a Jellett Biotek Ltd   (Canada)

^b NATIONAL RESEARCH COUNCIL CANADA   (Canada)

^c Alaska Department Environmental Conservation   (United States)

Author keywords

Diagnostic test; Marine biotoxins; MIST Alert ; Mouse bioassay; Paralytic shellfish poisoning, PSP

Indexed keywords

DECARBAMOYLGONYAUTOXIN 2; DECARBAMOYLGONYAUTOXIN 3; DECARBAMOYLNEOSAXITOXIN; DECARBAMOYLSAXITOXIN; GONYAUTOXIN 1; GONYAUTOXIN 4; GONYAUTOXIN II; GONYAUTOXIN III; NEOSAXITOXIN; SAXITOXIN; TOXIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BIOASSAY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; EXTRACTION; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; HYDROLYSIS; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHELLFISH; TOXICITY; VALIDATION PROCESS;

ANIMALS; BIOLOGICAL ASSAY; FALSE POSITIVE REACTIONS; MICE; MOLLUSCA; PARALYSIS; REAGENT STRIPS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SAXITOXIN; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SHELLFISH;

EID: 0036803016     PISSN: 00410101     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0041-0101(02)00153-8     Document Type: Article

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