amnesic shellfish poisoning

initialism: ASP
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Human illness caused by consumption of the marine toxin domoic acid that may lead to dizziness, confusion, motor weakness and seizures, with permanent cognitive impairment and short term memory loss.
Notes:
  1. Domoic acid is produced by marine diatoms belonging to the genus Pseudo-nitzschia and the species Nitzschia navis-varingica. Domoic acid is passed on to humans by consumption of bivalve shellfish (mollusks) such as mussels, oysters, and clams that have accumulated it during filter feeding.
  2. Often characterized by excitotoxicity and loss of hippocampal neurons.
Source:
PAC, 2015, 87, 841. (IUPAC Glossary of terms used in neurotoxicology (IUPAC Recommendations 2015)) on page 846 [Terms] [Paper]
Citation: 'amnesic shellfish poisoning' in IUPAC Compendium of Chemical Terminology, 5th ed. International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry; 2025. Online version 5.0.0, 2025. https://doi.org/10.1351/goldbook.11579 RIS BibTex EndNote
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