Sensitivity of Brine Shrimp (Artemia salina) to Trichothecenes

Open Access

1 May 1974

journal article
research article
Published by Oxford University Press (OUP) in Journal of AOAC INTERNATIONAL

Vol. 57 (3) , 618-620
https://doi.org/10.1093/jaoac/57.3.618

Abstract

Brine shrimp larvae have been successfully used as a biological monitoring system in the isolation of 5 naturally occurring, toxic 12,13- epoxy-Δ₉-trichothecenes. A simplified procedure is described for the biological confirmation of these mycotoxins. The sensitivity of the brine shrimp test described for detecting 10 of the naturally occurring 12,13-epoxy-Δ⁹-trichothecenes is approximately 0.04—0.4 μg/ml.

Keywords

BRINE SHRIMP
TRICHOTHECENES
SUP
BIOLOGICAL CONFIRMATION
ARTEMIA SALINA
SHRIMP LARVAE
SHRIMP TEST
BIOLOGICAL MONITORING