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TOXICON
Volume 49, Issue 5, Pages 710-716Publisher
PERGAMON-ELSEVIER SCIENCE LTD
DOI: 10.1016/j.toxicon.2006.11.013
Keywords
pectenotoxins; diarrhetic shellfish poisoning; okadaic acid; dinophysistoxins; Dinophysis acuminata; Semimytilus algosus; Argopecten purpuratus; Mulinia edulis; Pyura chilensis; Chile
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A bloom of Dinophysis acuminata produced, in autumn of 2005, a closure of the scallop harvesting in Bahia Inglesa, in the Chilean III region. Isolated cells of this Dinophysis species were shown to contain 180pgcell(-1) of pectenotoxin 2 but neither okadaic acid nor any of its analogs or derivatives (at least at a detectable level). Examination of plankton and filterfeeder samples covering an area of ca. 350 km, from the location where the toxicity was recorded to Bahia Tongoy, showed that the unique toxin profile found in the first bloom was widespread over that part of Chile and persisted for months. The analysis were carried out by HPLC-ESI-MS using positive ionization mode, with a detection limit below 2 ng of OA mL(-1) of methanolic extract. This is the first report of the presence of pectenotoxins in the plankton of the Pacific coast of America and in the studied filter feeders. This is also the first report of a Dinophysis species containing pectenotoxins and not any toxin of the okadaic acid group. (c) 2006 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
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