Palytoxin and ovatoxins are posing a serious concern to human health in the Mediterranean area as they are the major toxins produced by Ostreopsis cf. ovata, a benthic dinoflagellate that since late 90’s repeatedly blooms along the Mediterranean coasts of Italy, France, Spain, and Greece. In order to prevent the potential sanitary risks associated with consumption of palytoxin contaminated seafood, the European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) indicated the need for efficient, rapid and sensitive methods to monitor the presence of palytoxin-like compounds in seafood. In the present study, the best conditions for extraction and clean-up of palytoxin from mussels and their determination using LC coupled to high resolution mass spectrometry (HR-MS) are presented
A New High Resolution LC-MS Method for Identification, Quantification and Monitoring of Palytoxin-like Compounds in Molluscs / Ciminiello, Patrizia; Dell'Aversano, Carmela; DELLO IACOVO, Emma; Fattorusso, Ernesto; Forino, Martino; Tartaglione, Luciana. - (2013), pp. 126-129. (Intervento presentato al convegno 9th International Conference on Molluscan Shellfish Safety tenutosi a Sydney, Australia nel 17-22 Marzo 2013).
A New High Resolution LC-MS Method for Identification, Quantification and Monitoring of Palytoxin-like Compounds in Molluscs
CIMINIELLO, PATRIZIA;DELL'AVERSANO, CARMELA;DELLO IACOVO, EMMA;FATTORUSSO, ERNESTO;FORINO, MARTINO;TARTAGLIONE, LUCIANA
2013
Abstract
Palytoxin and ovatoxins are posing a serious concern to human health in the Mediterranean area as they are the major toxins produced by Ostreopsis cf. ovata, a benthic dinoflagellate that since late 90’s repeatedly blooms along the Mediterranean coasts of Italy, France, Spain, and Greece. In order to prevent the potential sanitary risks associated with consumption of palytoxin contaminated seafood, the European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) indicated the need for efficient, rapid and sensitive methods to monitor the presence of palytoxin-like compounds in seafood. In the present study, the best conditions for extraction and clean-up of palytoxin from mussels and their determination using LC coupled to high resolution mass spectrometry (HR-MS) are presentedI documenti in IRIS sono protetti da copyright e tutti i diritti sono riservati, salvo diversa indicazione.
