| an incident of elevated levels of unsaturated free fatty acids in mussels from nova scotia and their toxic effect in mice after intraperitoneal injection. | methanol extracts of the hepatopancreas of mussels (mytilus edulis) harvested at two locations (ship harbour and wine harbour) in eastern nova scotia, canada, were found to be toxic to mice after intraperitoneal injection. the commonly known toxins, such as those associated with diarrhetic shellfish poison (dsp), paralytic shellfish poison, and domoic acid, were not present in the extracts. however, they were found to contain elevated levels of free fatty acids. using a modified dsp extraction p ... | 1994 | 7866668 |