Recent
Advances in Marine Biotechnology
Vol. 7: Seafood Safety and Human Health
Milton Fingerman and R. Nagabhushanam (eds.): Deparment
of Ecology, Evolution and Organismal Biology, Tulane University, USA
ISBN 978-1-57808-204-9;
2002; 328 Pages; US $ 98.60
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NowAs the world's human population continues
to grow, there is greater urgency to increase the yield of seafood from the
oceans. There is also need to guard against naturally occuring toxins and
pathogenic organisms that are capable of contaminating this food supply. It
is imperative to detect the presence of these toxins and environmental
conditions which favor the microorganisms, that are the sources of these
toxins, in order to ensure food safety. Marine biotechnology has a major
role at the forefront in assuring that our seafood is safe, and has begun to
provide impressive successes in assuring that it will be so.
Contents:.
Brevetoxins: Pharmacology, Toxicokinetics, and Detection:
Mark A. Poli
. Azaspiracid, a New Marine Toxin Isolated from Mussels:
Chemistry and Histopathology:
Emiko Ito and Masayuki Satake .
Enterotoxin of Vibrio cholerae:
Yoshio Iijima and Takeshi Honda .
Exophysiology and Biosynthesis of Marine Biotoxins (TTX and PSP):
Deng-Fwu
Hwang and Ya-Hui Lu . Effects of 4-Aminopyridine in the
Treatment of Saxitoxin Poisoning:
Fat-Clun Tony Chang et al.
.
Development of Commercial Immunoassays for Seafood Poisonings:
Paulo
Vale . Highly Sensitive Bioassays for Paralytic Shellfish
Toxins:
France Guerrini et al.
. Bioassays for
Paralytic Shellfish Toxins in Crustacea:
Jason Doyle and Lyndon
Llewellyn . Antimicrobial Peptides for Fish Disease
Control:
Aleksander Patrzykat and Robert E.W. Hancock .
Fish Protein Hydrolysates and their Potential use in the Food Industry:
Hordur
G. Kristinsson and Barbara A. Rasco
. Shelf Life Extension
and Value Addition of Fishery Products: A Critical Evaluation:
Vazhiyil
Vanugopal . Recent Advances in Surimi Technology:
Herbert
O. Hultin . DNA-based Diagnostics in Sea Farming:
Carlos
R. Osorio and Alicia E. Toranzo
