Toxin profile and relative toxicity of three paralytic shellfish poisoning toxin- producing dinoflagellates from Malaysia

• Main Authors: Usup, G., Cheah, MY, Ng, BK, Leaw, CP, Ahmad, A.
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: Malaysian applied biology 2006
• Subjects: GE Environmental Sciences
• Online Access: http://ir.unimas.my/id/eprint/3580/1/Usup.pdf; http://ir.unimas.my/id/eprint/3580/; http://www.ukm.my/msab/VOL%2035%20%20NO%202%20Dec%202006%20%20PDF/41%20-%2045%20%20Usup%20G.pdf
• Institution: Universiti Malaysia Sarawak

This study was carried out to determine the toxin profile and toxin content of Alexandrium minutum, Alexandrium tamiyavanichii and Pyrodinium bahamense var. compressum. These are three of the paralytic shellfish poisoning (PSP) toxin-producing marine dinoflagellates present in Malaysian waters. PSP...