Identification of yessotoxin in mussels from the Caucasian Black Sea Coast of the Russian Federation

Steve L Morton; Alexander Vershinin; Tod Leighfield; Laurinda Smith; Mike Quilliam

doi:10.1016/j.toxicon.2007.05.004

Identification of yessotoxin in mussels from the Caucasian Black Sea Coast of the Russian Federation

Toxicon. 2007 Sep 15;50(4):581-4. doi: 10.1016/j.toxicon.2007.05.004. Epub 2007 May 16.

Authors

Steve L Morton¹, Alexander Vershinin, Tod Leighfield, Laurinda Smith, Mike Quilliam

Affiliation

¹ NOAA/National Ocean Services, Marine Biotoxins Program, 219 Fort Johnson, Rd Charleston, SC 29412, USA. steve.morton@noaa.gov

PMID: 17588631
DOI: 10.1016/j.toxicon.2007.05.004

Abstract

The toxin load of shellfish hepatopancreas harvested from the Caucasian Black Sea Coast of the Russian Federation was investigated. The majority of the toxin load was shown to be yessotoxin (YTX), 45-hydroxy-yessotoxin (45-OH-YTX), and homoyessotoxin (homoYTX). Concurrent with the mussel intoxication, the dinoflagellates Lingulodinium polyedrum and Gonyaulax spinifera were found in high concentrations.

MeSH terms

Animals
Bivalvia / pathogenicity*
Chromatography, High Pressure Liquid
Ethers, Cyclic / chemistry
Ethers, Cyclic / isolation & purification*
Ethers, Cyclic / toxicity
Mass Spectrometry
Mollusk Venoms
Oxocins / chemistry
Oxocins / isolation & purification*
Oxocins / toxicity

Substances

Ethers, Cyclic
Mollusk Venoms
Oxocins
yessotoxin