Demirel, Yağmur Nil Afyon Kocatepe Üniversitesi - Veteriner Fakültesi - Besin/Gıda Hijyeni ve Teknolojisi Bölümü, Turkey , Çelik, T. Haluk Ankara Üniversitesi - Veteriner Fakültesi - Besin/Gıda Hijyeni ve Teknolojisi Bölümü, Turkey

Paralytic shellfish poisoning

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Paralytic shellfish poisoning death rate is the highest in the shellfish poisonings. Paralytic shellfish poisoning is very important terms of public health, because of filtration of toxins from the body through the consumption of shellfish toxin, the effect of these organisms represent a very short time and is not an effective diagnosis and treatment resulting in death within 24 hours. Toxin is determined for the first time in mussels named Saxidomus giganteus. Toxin is not affected by cooking, heating, freezing, steam application. In addition, dinoflagellate with toxin which are living under optimum conditions in the water, negatively affect the health of other living creatures in the waters and environmental health. In this review, we are provided information about issues related to public health and the environment such as the general properties of the toxin, toxin carrying organisms, biotransformation, analysis methods and detoxification.

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Paralytic Shellfish Poisoning , Harmful Algal Bloom , Symptoms , Analysis Methods for Toxin , Legal Regulation

Ege Journal Of Fisheries an‎d Aquatic Sciences

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