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Abbreviations


AOAC

Association of Official Analytical Chemists

ASP

Amnesic shellfish poisoning

AZA

Azaspiracid

AZP

Azaspiracid shellfish poisoning

BRC

Bureau Communautaire de Référence

BTX

Brevetoxin analogues, metabolites formed in fish

bw

Body weight

CE

Capillary electrophoresis

CEN

European Committee for Standardization

CFP

Ciguatera fish poisoning

CID (= CAD)

Collision induced dissociation (= collision activated decomposition)

CRL

Community Reference Laboratory

CTX

Ciguatoxin

C-CTX

Caribbean ciguatoxin

P-CTX

Pacific ciguatoxin

CZE

Capillary zone electrophoresis

DA

Domoic acid

DAP

Domoic acid poisoning

DSP

Diarrhoeic shellfish poisoning

DTX

Dinophysistoxin

EC

European Commission

EIA

Enzyme immuno assay

ELISA

Enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay

ENSO

El Niño-Southern Oscillation

ESI

Electrospray ionisation

EU

European Union

FAB

Fast atom bombardment

FIA

Flow injection analysis

GC

Gas chromatography

GNTX

Gonyautoxin

GTX

Gambiertoxin

HILIC

Hydrophylic interaction liquid chromatography

HP

Hepatopancreas

IAC

Immuno affinity columns

ICES

International Council for the Exploration of the Sea

KB cells

A human cell line derived from epidermoid carcinoma

LC

Liquid chromatography

LC-FD

Liquid chromatography with fluorescence detection

LC-ISP-MS

Ion Spray LC-MS

LC-MS

Liquid chromatography with mass spectrometric detection

LC-UV

Liquid chromatography with ultra violet detection

LOAEL

Lowest observed adverse effect level

LOD

Limit of detection

MAB

Monoclonal antibodies

MEKC

Micellar electrokinetic capillary chromatography

MIA

Membrane immunobead assay

MS

Mass spectrometry

MS/MS

Tandem mass spectrometry

MSn

Multiple tandem MS

MTX

Maitotoxin

MU

Mouse units

NMR

Nuclear magnetic resonance

NOAEL

No observed adverse effect level

N: P ratio

Nitrogen: phosphorus ratio

NRL

National Reference Laboratories

NSP

Neurologic shellfish poisoning

OA

Okadaic acid

PbTx

Brevetoxin

PSP

Paralytic shellfish poisoning

PTX

Pectenotoxin

PTX2SA

Pectenotoxin-2 seco acid

RIA

Radioimmunoassay

SAX-SPE

Strong anion exchange-solid phase extraction

SEC

Size exclusion chromatography

SIM (= SIR)

Selected ion monitoring

SIR (= SIM)

Selected ion recording

SMT

Standards, Measurements and Testing Programme

SPIA

Solid-phase immunobead assay

SRM

Selected reaction monitoring (an MS/MS technique that is similar to selected ion monitoring (SIM))

STX

Saxitoxin

STXOL

Saxitoxinol

TDI

Tolerable daily intake

TLC TTX

Thin layer chromatography Tetrodotoxin

UV

Ultraviolet (Detection)

Wideband activation

A type of resonance excitation (in ion trap MS) in which the RF voltage is applied to a mass window substantially wider than the parent ion window.

YTX

Yessotoxin


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