Variety of PSP toxins in four culture strains of Alexandrium minutum collected from southern Taiwan

Toxicon

Volumn 43, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 337-340

  Chou, Hong Nong ^a   Chen, Yih Min ^b   Chen, Chih Yu ^c  

^a NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^c HSING WU UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Alexandrium minutum; Culture strain; Paralytic shellfish poisoning toxins

Indexed keywords

GONYAUTOXIN; GONYAUTOXIN 1; GONYAUTOXIN 4; GONYAUTOXIN II; GONYAUTOXIN III; PARALYTIC SHELLFISH POISONING TOXIN; TOXIC SUBSTANCE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ALEXANDRIUM MINUTUM; ALGAL CELL CULTURE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DINOFLAGELLATE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STRAIN DIFFERENCE; TOXIN STRUCTURE;

ANIMALS; DINOFLAGELLIDA; FOOD POISONING; MARINE TOXINS; MOLLUSK VENOMS; NEUROTOXINS; SHELLFISH; TAIWAN;

ALEXANDRIUM; ALEXANDRIUM MINUTUM; ALGAE;

EID: 1642276948     PISSN: 00410101     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.toxicon.2004.01.002     Document Type: Article

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