Biotoxins from freshwater and marine harmful algal blooms occurring in Mexico

Toxin Reviews

Volumn 27, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 27-77

  Altamirano, Roberto Cortés ^a   Sierra Beltrán, Arturo P ^b  

^a UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL AUTÓNOMA DE MÉXICO   (Mexico)

^b CENTRO DE INVESTIGACIONES BIOLÓGICAS DEL NOROESTE   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Amnesic shellfish poisoning; Ciguatera; Diarrhetic shellfish poisoning; Harmful algal bloom toxins; Neurotoxic shellfish poisoning; Paralytic shellfish poisoning

Indexed keywords

ANATOXIN A; APLYSIATOXIN; AZASPIRACID; BREVETOXIN; CIGUATOXIN; CYLINDROSPERMOPSIN; DEBROMOAPLYSIATOXIN; DINOPHYSISTOXIN 1; DOMOIC ACID; FRESH WATER; GONYAUTOXIN; LYNGBYATOXIN; MAITOTOXIN; MARINE TOXIN; NODULARIN; OKADAIC ACID; PALYTOXIN; SAXITOXIN; SKIN TOXIN; YESSOTOXIN;

ALGA; ALGAL BLOOM; CIGUATERA; CYANOBACTERIUM; FOOD INTAKE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HUMAN; LIVER TOXICITY; MARINE SPECIES; MEXICO; NONHUMAN; REVIEW; SHELLFISH POISONING; SPECIES DIVERSITY; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION; WATERSHED;

ALGAE; CIGUATERA; CYANOBACTERIA;

EID: 39849097912     PISSN: 15569543     EISSN: 15569551     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/15569540701883437     Document Type: Review

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