Screening for toxic activity of some marine benthic algae
作者:
Graciela De Lara‐Isassi,
期刊:
Food Additives & Contaminants
(Taylor Available online 1995)
卷期:
Volume 12,
issue 3
页码: 485-490
ISSN:0265-203X
年代: 1995
DOI:10.1080/02652039509374334
出版商: Taylor & Francis Group
关键词: toxic;benthic algae;ichthyotoxicity;seaweeds;chemical defence
数据来源: Taylor
摘要:
This research was carried out in order to show that certain substances of algal origin are toxic to animals, particularly to fish, and to determine if a relationship exists between toxicity and the latitude where the algae were collected. Twenty‐nine species of algae were collected in different localities off the Pacific coast of Mexico. The samples were frozen shortly after collection and kept frozen until used. Crude ethanolic extracts of the algae were prepared and tested for ichthyotoxicity. The extracts were classified as nontoxic (NT), weakly toxic (WT) and highly toxic (with lethal effects) (T). The reactions exhibited by the fish to the presence of the algal extracts in their environment ranged from initial adaptative behaviour to death. Only four species (14%) out of the 29 algal species tested were highly toxic, 13 (45%) weakly toxic and 12 (41%) non‐toxic. The high percentage of algal extracts that showed some degree of toxicity suggests that algae might have some kind of defence mechanism that could be noxious, thus being inedible by fish. The highest toxicity values were found among tropical algae. These results suggest that a relationship could exist between toxicity and the latitude of the collecting locality.
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