Update on methodologies available for ciguatoxin determination: Perspectives to confront the onset of ciguatera fish poisoning in Europe

Marine Drugs

Volumn 8, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 1838-1907

  Caillaud, Amandine ^a   De La Iglesia, Pablo ^a   Darius, H Taiana ^b   Pauillac, Serge ^c   Aligizaki, Katerina ^d   Fraga, Santiago ^e   Chinain, Mireille ^b   Diogène, Jorge ^a  

^a IRTA   (Spain)

^b INSTITUT LOUIS MALARDÉ   (French Polynesia)

^c INSTITUT PASTEUR   (France)

^d ARISTOTLE UNIVERSITY OF THESSALONIKI   (Greece)

^e INSTITUTO ESPAÑOL DE OCEANOGRAFÍA   (Spain)

Author keywords

CFP; Ciguatera; Ciguatoxin; Detection methods; Europe; Gambierdiscus; Methods

Indexed keywords

ASCORBIC ACID; CIGUATOXIN; GLUCONATE CALCIUM; INDUCIBLE NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; MAITOTOXIN; MANNITOL; NITRIC OXIDE; SAXITOXIN; TETRODOTOXIN; VITAMIN B GROUP; VOLTAGE GATED SODIUM CHANNEL;

ALGAL BLOOM; ATLANTIC OCEAN; BINDING ASSAY; BIOASSAY; CIGUATERA; CLIMATE CHANGE; CONTAMINATED FISH; DINOFLAGELLATE; DRUG MIXTURE; ENDOTOXIN DETECTION; ENZYME INHIBITION; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; EUROPE; EUROPEAN UNION; FISHERY MANAGEMENT; FLUORESCENCE SPECTROSCOPY; FOOD CONTAMINATION; FOOD SAFETY; GAMBIERDISCUS TOXICUS; GEOGRAPHICAL VARIATION (SPECIES); GOVERNMENT REGULATION; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; HUMAN; IC 50; IN VITRO STUDY; INSTRUMENT VALIDATION; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LD 50; MASS COMMUNICATION; MASS SPECTROMETRY; MEDITERRANEAN SEA; NONHUMAN; PALLIATIVE THERAPY; PROTEIN DETERMINATION; RECEPTOR BINDING; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK MANAGEMENT; SOLID PHASE EXTRACTION; SPECIES ENDEMICITY; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; TOXIN ANALYSIS; TOXIN STRUCTURE; TOXIN SYNTHESIS; ULTRAVIOLET SPECTROSCOPY;

CIGUATERA; GAMBIERDISCUS;

EID: 77954220829     PISSN: None     EISSN: 16603397     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/md8061838     Document Type: Review

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