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[The use of immunological methods for the detection of phycotoxin and shellfish toxin]
1National Marine Environmental Monitoring Center, Dalian 116023, China.
Abstract:
Harmful algae can do great harm to organisms even to human through food chain by accumulating in shellfish and fish or by themselves. The immunological examination technique is fast, easy and accurate even in trace amount of phycotoxin and shellfish toxin. The theory of immunological diagnosis as well as the prospect and defect of these methods and their application in phycotoxin and shellfish toxin determination are introduced. The method deserves spreading and using in routine monitoring program.
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