Novel Methods for Marine Toxins Detection and Quantification
A special issue of Marine Drugs (ISSN 1660-3397).
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (30 November 2021) | Viewed by 19498
Special Issue Editor
Interests: analytical determination of marine biotoxins in seafood and environmental matrices; kinetics and toxicity studies of biotoxins in shellfish and finfish; toxicological effects of marine biotoxins; induction of enzymatic metabolism and oxidative stress; partitioning of biotoxins in the water column and transport mechanisms during different phases of algal blooms
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Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Marine biotoxins are secondary metabolites produced by certain microalgae species that accumulate in filter-feeding organisms, such as bivalve molluscs, and pose a threat to whomever consumes them. During the last decade, an important transition occurred in many countries regarding the reference methods used for determination of marine toxins in shellfish. Biological methods based on mouse assays were replaced by chemical methods based on liquid chromatography. This transition raised many urgent needs in terms of knowledge of compounds toxicity, detection of new analogues, strategies for sample cleanup procedures, and matrix effects, among others. At the same time, novel methods for detection of marine toxins are being developed to respond to the need for fast, low cost, in-situ, and real time detection methods. This Special Issue aims to be a forum where researchers devoted to development of novel methods or optimization of critical steps may spread their findings to scientific community, shellfish industry, and environmental agencies.
Dr. Pedro Reis Costa
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- Marine toxins
- Okadaic Acid
- Saxitoxins
- Domoic Acid
- Emerging Toxins
- Liquid Chromatography
- Alternative Methods
- High-throughput screening
- In-situ analysis