Table 1 Concentration of P-CTX-1 equiv./kg tissue in crude stomach, flesh and fin extracts as determined by mouse bio-assay (MBA), Neuro-2a cell-based assay (CBA) and liquid chromatography coupled to high resolution mass spectrometry (LC-ESI-HRMS).
From: Identification of ciguatoxins in a shark involved in a fatal food poisoning in the Indian Ocean
Crude extract | MBA (µg P-CTX-1 equiv./kg tissue) | CBA (µg P-CTX-1 equiv./kg tissue) | LC-ESI-HRMS (µg P-CTX-1 equiv./kg tissue) | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
I-CTX-1&2 | I-CTX-3&4 | Σ I-CTXs | |||
flesh | n.q. | 0.06 | n.d. | n.d. | n.d. |
stomach | 83 | 92.78 | 6.54 | 9.74 | 16.28 |
fin 1 | — | 0.12 | — | — | — |
fin 2 | — | 0.79 | n.d. | n.d. | n.d. |
fin 3 | — | 0.17 | — | — | — |
