Assessment of fitness for purpose of an insect bioassay using the desert locust (Schistocerca gregaria L.) for the detection of paralytic shellfish toxins in shellfish flesh

Toxicon

Volumn 48, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 662-671

  Cook, A C ^a   Morris, S ^a   Reese, R A ^a   Irving, S N ^a  

^a CENTRE FOR ENVIRONMENT   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Bioassay; Desert locust; Paralytic shellfish poisoning; PSP; Saxitoxin; Schistocerca gregaria

Indexed keywords

SAXITOXIN; SHELLFISH TOXIN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BIOASSAY; CONTROLLED STUDY; LOCUST; MAMMAL; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PARALYSIS; PERFORMANCE MEASUREMENT SYSTEM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPRODUCIBILITY; SHELLFISH; SHELLFISH POISONING; TOXICITY TESTING; TOXIN ANALYSIS;

ANIMALS; BIOLOGICAL ASSAY; CALIBRATION; GRASSHOPPERS; MICE; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SAXITOXIN; SHELLFISH;

HEXAPODA; INSECTA; MAMMALIA; ORTHOPTERA; SCHISTOCERCA GREGARIA;

EID: 33749821093     PISSN: 00410101     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.toxicon.2006.07.030     Document Type: Article

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