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Saxitoxins accumulation by freshwater tilapia (Oreochromis niloticus) for human consumption
- Source :
- Toxicon. 54:891-894
- Publication Year :
- 2009
- Publisher :
- Elsevier BV, 2009.
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Abstract
- The accumulation of saxitoxins (STXs) in fish from freshwater aquaculture was investigated for the first time in the present study. Cyanotoxins have been monitored in liver and muscle samples of Oreochromis niloticus by chromatographic methods, both before and after the depuration process. The results show that tilapia can accumulate STXs. Our findings suggest that depuration with clean water is an alternative process to eliminate STXs from fish and, therefore, improve the safety of tilapia for consumers.
- Subjects :
- Cyanobacteria
food.ingredient
Fresh Water
Toxicology
chemistry.chemical_compound
food
Aquaculture
Animals
Humans
Food science
Saxitoxin
Phycotoxin
biology
business.industry
Aquatic animal
Tilapia
biology.organism_classification
Oreochromis
Seafood
chemistry
Environmental chemistry
Fish
business
human activities
Chromatography, Liquid
Subjects
Details
- ISSN :
- 00410101
- Volume :
- 54
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- Toxicon
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi.dedup.....a69e633bc62f43ca73bb6eab64fca519