Toxicants Occurring Naturally in Foods. (1966) / Chapter Skim
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138 BENJAMIN J WILSON Russian authors!
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FUNGAL TOXINS 139 the corn-mycelial mixture. The substance was obtained as a white crystalline mass with a melting point range of 161-163°C.
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SEAFOOD TOXINS 149 Death occurred in 17 of 2,159 persons poisoned by scombroid fishes.! ° The symptoms of nonfatal poisoning usually subside within 12 hours.
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SEAFOOD TOXINS 151 pain very soon after eating the toxic fish and may progress rapidly through tachycardia, cold sweat, dyspnea, cyanosis, coma, and con- vulsion to death. Death may occur within 30 minutes after the fish is eaten.22 The poison is stable to the heat of cooking.
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SEAFOOD TOXINS 153 TABLE 1 Fish Families Reported to be Toxic Acanthuridae surgeonfishes Molidae ocean sunfish Acipenseridae sturgeons Monacanthidae _filefishes Ageneiosidae catfishes Mugilidae mullets Albulidae bonefishes Mullidae goatfishes Anarhichadidae wolffishes Muraenidae moray eels Anguillidae freshwater eels Myliobatidae eagle rays Antennariidae frogfishes Myxinidae hagfishes Ariidae sea catfishes Notidanidae cow sharks Aulostomidae trumpetfishes Ogcocephalidae batfishes Balistidae triggerfishes Ophichthyidae __ snake eels Batrachidae toadfishes Osmeridae smelts Belonidae needlefishes Ostraciontidae _ trunkfishes Bothidae left-eyed flounders Pempheridae deep-water catalufas Callionymidae -- _dragonets Petromyzontidae lampreys Canthigasteridae sharp-nosed puffers Pleuronectidae __right-eyed flounders Carangidae jacks and pompanos__| Plotosidae Oriental catfishes Carcharhiidae sand sharks Pomacentridae damselfishes Cepolidae bandfishes Priacanthidae catalufas Chaetodontidae butterfly fishes Rajidae skates Chimaeridae chimaeras Rhinodontidae -- whale sharks Chonerhinidae puffers Salmonidae salmon, trout Clupeidae herrings Scaridae parrotfishes Congridae conger eels Scatophagidae __ scats Coryphaenidae __ dolphins Sciaenidae croakers Cottidae sculpins Scombresocidae sauries Cybiidae Spanish mackerels Scombridae mackerels Cyprinidae minnows Scorpaenidae scorpionfishes Cyprinodontidae killifishes Scorpidae halfmoonfishes Dalatiidae Greenland sharks Scyliorhinidae cat sharks Dasyatidae rays Scyllidae dogfish Diodontidae burrfishes Serranidae groupers, basses Dorosomidae gizzard shads Siganidae rabbit fishes Engraulidae anchovies Siluridae catfishes Esocidae pikes Sparidae porgies Gadidae cods Sphyraenidae barracudas Gasterosteidae __ sticklebacks Sphyrinidae hammerhead sharks Gempylidae snake mackerels Squatinidae angel sharks Gerridae silver perch Syngnathidae pipefishes Gobiidae gobies Synodentidae lizardfishes Hemirhamphidae halfbeaks Tetragonuridae _squaretails Holocentridae squirrelfishes Tetraodontidae __ puffers Isuridae mackerel sharks Thunnidae tunas Katsuwonidae skipjacks Torpedinidae electric rays Labridae wrasses Triacanthidae spikefishes Lagocephalidae _ puffers Triakidae smooth hound sharks Lepisosteidae gars Triglidae poachers Liparidae snailfishes Trichodontidae -- sandfishes Lophiidae anglers Xiphiidae swordfishes Lutjanidae snappers Zanclidae Moorish _ idolfishes
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SEAFOOD TOXINS 155 those caused by inhibitors of cholinesterase. The extract of shark's liver was found to inhibit the cholinesterase of human red blood cells, a concentration of 2 mcg/ml of pure toxin being estimated to inhibit in vitro about 50 percent of the cholinesterase.
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SEAFOOD TOXINS 157 poisonings or hallucinogenic fish poisoning, except that Li has ob- tained evidence‘! that the toxic substance in elasmobranch poisoning may be the same as that in ciguatera poisoning.
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