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Title New trends in marine and freshwater toxins : food and safety concerns / Ana G. Cabado and Juan Manuel Vieites, editors
Published New York : Nova Science Publishers, Inc., [2012]

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Description 1 online resource
Series Advances in food safety and food microbiology
Advances in food safety and food microbiology
Contents NEW TRENDS IN MARINE AND FRESHWATER TOXINS: FOOD AND SAFETY CONCERNS; NEW TRENDS IN MARINE AND FRESHWATER TOXINS: FOOD AND SAFETY CONCERNS; LIBRARY OF CONGRESS CATALOGING-IN-PUBLICATION DATA; CONTENTS; PREFACE; Chapter 1: INTRODUCTION TO NATURAL SEAFOOD AND FRESHWATER TOXINS: GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION AND FOOD-BORNE ILLNESS; ABSTRACT; 1.1. FRESHWATER TOXINS DIVERSITY AND OCCURRENCE; 1.1.1. Microcystins (MC); 1.1.2. Cylindrospermopsin (CYN); 1.1.3. Anatoxin-a; 1.1.4. Nodularins (NOD); 1.2. MARINE TOXINS DIVERSITY AND OCCURRENCE; 1.2.1. Tetrodotoxin (TTX); 1.2.2. Okadaic Acid (OA)
1.2.3. Domoic Acid (DA)1.2.4. Palytoxin (PlTX); 1.2.5. Ciguatoxin (CTX); 1.2.6. Brevetoxin (BTX); 1.3. TOXINS FROM FRESHWATER AND MARINE ENVIRONMENTS; 1.3.1. Ý-N-methylamino-L-alanine (BMAA); 1.3.2. Saxitoxin and Analogues (STXs); 1.4. FOOD-BORN ILLNESS PRODUCED BY MARINE AND FRESHWATER TOXINS; CONCLUSION; ACKNOWLEDGMENTS; REFERENCES; Chapter 2: TOXIC HARMFUL ALGAL BLOOMS: NATURAL AND ANTHROPOGENIC CAUSES; ABSTRACT; 1. INTRODUCTION; 1.1. DEFINITION OF HARMUL ALGAL BLOOMS; 1.1.1. Harmful; 1.1.2. Algal; 1.1.3. Blooms; 1.2. ENVIRONMENTAL FACTORS THAT INFLUENCE HABS; Ecological Role of Toxins
Residence Time and HydrographyRole of Flotation and Swimming; Temperature and Water Column Stratification; Benthic Ecology; Immigration; Grazing; 1.3. ENVIRONMENTAL GENERALIZATIONS; 1.4. UNKNOWN TOXINS AND EFFECTS; 1.5. ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECTS; 1.6. SPECIFIC CASES; CONCLUSION; REFERENCES; Chapter 3: HARMFUL ALGAE BLOOMS AND FOOD SAFETY: PHYSIOLOGICAL AND ENVIRONMENTAL FACTORS AFFECTING TOXIN PRODUCTION AND THEIR ACCUMULATION IN SHELLFISH; ABSTRACT; 1. INTRODUCTION; 1.1. INTRINSIC FACTORS THAT AFFECT TOXIN PRODUCTION BY MICROALGAE; 1.1.1. Differences in Toxin Profile and Cell Toxin Content (Qt)
1.1.2. Genetic Analyses of Toxin Producing Microalgae1.1.3. Genetic Analyses of Toxin Production by Microalgae; 1.1.4. Influence of Cell Cycle Stages, Life Cycle and Behaviour; 1.1.5. Phases of Population Growth; 1.2. ENVIRONMENTAL FACTORS THAT AFFECT TOXIN PRODUCTION BY MICROALGAE; 1.2.1. Abiotic Factors; 1.2.2. Biotic Factors; 1.3. HYDRODYNAMIC CONDITIONS, EUTROPHICATION AND SHELLFISH CONTAMINATION; 1.4. TOXIN ACCUMULATION IN SHELLFISH: A BALANCE BETWEEN UPTAKE AND ELIMINATION; 1.4.1. Filtration; 1.4.2. Pre-Ingestive Selection and Rejection; 1.4.3. Post-Ingestive Selection and Absorption
1.4.4. Enzymatic Biotransformation1.4.5. Elimination (Depuration); 1.4.6. Allometric Effects; CONCLUSION; ACKNOWLEDGMENTS; REFERENCES; Chapter 4: SOLID-PHASE ADSORPTION PASSIVE SAMPLING: REVIEW OF A MONITORING TOOL TRACKING IN SITU MARINE AND FRESHWATER TOXINS; ABSTRACT; 1. INTRODUCTION; 1.1. PASSIVE SAMPLING TECHNIQUE AND GENESIS OF SPATT; 1.2. SPATT SAMPLER DESIGNS: BAGS AND DISCS; 1.3. SPATT AND ADSORPTION OF HYDROPHILIC ALGAL TOXINS; 1.4. CYANOBACTERIA; 1.5. LIPOPHILIC MARINE BIOTOXINS AND SPATT FIELD TRIALS; 1.5.1. New Zealand; 1.5.2. Scotland; 1.5.3. Australia; 1.5.4. Ireland
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
Notes English
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Subject Algal toxins.
Marine toxins.
Fish as food -- Contamination.
Shellfish as food -- Contamination.
Marine Toxins
TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING -- Food Science.
Shellfish as food -- Contamination
Marine toxins
Fish as food -- Contamination
Algal toxins
Fish as food
Shellfish as food
Form Electronic book
Author Cabado, Ana G
Vieites, Juan M
LC no. 2020678051
ISBN 9781614703983
1614703981
1614703248
9781614703242