Diarrhetic shellfish poisoning toxin profile of shellfish from Southern Atlantic coasts of Morocco

Authors

  • Rachid Abouabdellaha Institut National de Recherche Halieutique, B.P 5221 Q.I, Agadir, Morocco
  • Asmae Bennouna Institut National de Recherche Halieutique, B.P 5221 Q.I, Agadir, Morocco
  • Jaouad El Attar Institut National de Recherche Halieutique, B.P 5221 Q.I, Agadir, Morocco
  • Katrin Erler Friedrich‐schiller University of Jena, Dornberger Strasse 25, 07743 Jena Germany
  • Mina Dellal Institut National de Recherche Halieutique, Dakhla, Morocco
  • Abdel ghani Chafik Institut National de Recherche Halieutique, Casablanca, Morocco
  • Abdelatif Moukrim Université Ibnou Zohr, Faculté des sciences Ibnou Zohr, Agadir, Morocco

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.38150/sajeb.1(2).p101-106

Abstract

During the monitoring program of phycotoxins conducted in 2005 and 2006, lipophilic shell

 

fish toxins (LSTs) are involved in shellfish toxicity phenomena in the South Atlantic Moroccan coasts (Dakhla region). Toxicity was assessed by the traditional mouse bioassay (MBA); the content and the nature of the toxic components were established through Liquid chromatography (LC) coupled with mass spectrometry (MS). The ‘traditional’ DSP toxins group, okadaic acid (OA) and dinophysitoxins (DTXs) and their associated esters were exclusives contaminants of Dakhla’s shellfish (mussels, cockles, oysters and solen). Pectenotoxins, yessotoxins, and azaspiracids were not detected during this study. A survey of the phytoplankton community in the surrounding seawater revealed the presence of several potentially toxic species from the Dinophysis genus.

Author Biographies

Rachid Abouabdellaha, Institut National de Recherche Halieutique, B.P 5221 Q.I, Agadir, Morocco

 

Institut National de Recherche Halieutique, B.P 5221 Q.I, Agadir, Morocco

Asmae Bennouna, Institut National de Recherche Halieutique, B.P 5221 Q.I, Agadir, Morocco

 

 

Institut National de Recherche Halieutique, B.P 5221 Q.I, Agadir, Morocco

Jaouad El Attar, Institut National de Recherche Halieutique, B.P 5221 Q.I, Agadir, Morocco

Institut National de Recherche Halieutique, B.P 5221 Q.I, Agadir, Morocco

Katrin Erler, Friedrich‐schiller University of Jena, Dornberger Strasse 25, 07743 Jena Germany

 

 

Friedrichâ€schiller University of Jena, Dornberger Strasse 25, 07743 Jena Germany

Mina Dellal, Institut National de Recherche Halieutique, Dakhla, Morocco

 

 

Institut National de Recherche Halieutique, Dakhla, Morocco

Abdel ghani Chafik, Institut National de Recherche Halieutique, Casablanca, Morocco

 

 

Institut National de Recherche Halieutique, Casablanca, Morocco

Abdelatif Moukrim, Université Ibnou Zohr, Faculté des sciences Ibnou Zohr, Agadir, Morocco

 

 

Université Ibnou Zohr, Faculté des sciences Ibnou Zohr, Agadir, Morocco

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Published

2011-04-24

Issue

Vol. 1 No. 2 (2011)

Section

Research Articles