Article ID | Journal | Published Year | Pages | File Type |
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2065575 | Toxicon | 2009 | 4 Pages |
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.
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Authors
Juliana Antunes Galvão, Marilia Oetterer, Maria do Carmo Bittencourt-Oliveira, Selma Gouvêa-Barros, Susann Hiller, Katrin Erler, Bernd Luckas, Ernani Pinto, Paula Kujbida,