Experiment 890695

Details

PropertyValue
Pharmacology
Administration routeIP
OrganismMytilus edulis (MYTILIDAE)
CitationWRIGHT,JLC: BOYD,RK: DE FREITAS,ASW: FALK,M: FOXALL,RA: JAMIESON,WD: LAYCOCK,MV: MC CULLOCH,AW: MC INNES,AG: ODENSE,P: PATHAK,VP: QUILLIAM,MA: RAGAN,MA: SIM,PG: THIBAULT,P: WALTER,JA: GILGAN,M: RICHARD,DJA: DEWAR,D:. (1989). IDENTIFICATION OF DOMOIC ACID, A NEUROEXCITATORY AMINO ACID, IN TOXIC MUSSELS FROM EASTERN PRINCE EDWARD ISLAND.. 67(3)
Amount utilized
Compound isolated
DiseaseMICE WERE INJECTED WITH 1.2-2.5 GM ORIGINAL TISSUE EQUIVALENTS. TOXIC SYMPTOMS INCLUDED A CHARACTERISTIC SCRATCHING SYNDROME AND EVENTUAL DEATH. IT WAS DETERMINED THAT THE TOXIN IN THE MUSSELS CAME FROM NITZSCHIA PUNGENS AND OTHER PHYTOPLANKTON.
Dose amount1.0 ML
Number3
Qualitative resultACTIVE
AnimalMOUSE
Dose expressionDOSE
ExtractMEOH(70%)