Experiment 890696

Details

PropertyValue
Pharmacology
Administration routeORAL
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
DiseaseABOUT 3 CASES PER THOUSAND PORTIONS OF MUSSELS CONSUMED WERE REPORTED TO HAVE THE FOLLOWING TOXIC SYMPTOMS: VOMITING, DIARRHEA, CONFUSION, MEMORY LOSS, DISORIENTATION AND SOMETIMES COMA. 3 ELDERLY PATIENTS DIED, OTHERS HAVE PERSISTENT SYMPTOMS.
Number4
Qualitative resultACTIVE
AnimalHUMAN ADULT
Dose expressionDOSE
ExtractORGANISM