It can accumulate in mollusks that feed on the dinoflagellates and cause food poisoning to humans

• A powerful neurotoxin produced by certain dinoflagellates found in red tides

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n. A neurotoxin, produced by some dinoflagellates, that can accumulate in mollusks and cause subsequent food poisoning in humans

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n. a powerful neurotoxin produced by certain dinoflagellates found in red tides; it can accumulate in mollusks that feed on the dinoflagellates and cause food poisoning to humans

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Saxitoxin ( STX ) is a potent neurotoxin and the best-known paralytic shellfish toxin (PST). Ingestion of saxitoxin, usually by consumption of shellfish contaminated by toxic algal blooms , is responsible for the human illness known as paralytic shellfish ...