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Scombroid poisoning. Isolation and identification of “saurine”
Author(s) -
Foo Lai Yeap
Publication year - 1976
Publication title -
journal of the science of food and agriculture
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.782
H-Index - 142
eISSN - 1097-0010
pISSN - 0022-5142
DOI - 10.1002/jsfa.2740270903
Subject(s) - histamine , toxin , isolation (microbiology) , food poisoning , ileum , fish <actinopterygii> , biology , microbiology and biotechnology , chemistry , biochemistry , pharmacology , fishery
A number of samples of fish which were involved in allergy‐like food poisoning incidents were examined for the presence of “saurine”, a toxin reported to be the causative agent in scombroid poisoning. Chromatograms of extracts developed in acidic solvents showed two distinct areas which possessed vagal stimulating activity with guinea pig ileum. Both these areas contained histamine and this suggests that “saurine” is a histamine salt.