Shellfish Poisoning Shellfish are very poisonous to humans. There poisoning is caused by a group of toxins elaborated by plank tonic algae which the shellfish feed on. The toxins are accumulated and sometimes metabolized by the shellfish. The 20 toxins responsible for paralytic shellfish poisonings (PSP) are all derivatives of saxitoxin. Diarrheic shellfish poisoning (DSP) is presumably caused by a group of high molecular weight polyethers, including okadaic acid, the dinophysis toxins, the pectenotoxins, and yessotoxin. Neurotoxic shellfish poisoning (NSP) is the result of exposure to a group of polyethers called brevetoxins. Amnesic shellfish poisoning (ASP) is caused by the unusual amino acid, Dominic acid, as the contaminant of shellfish. Paralytic Shellfish Poisoning (PSP), Diarrheic Shellfish Poisoning (DSP), Neuro toxic Shellfish Poisoning (NSP), Amnesic Shellfis....

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