Effects of Temperature and pH on Degradation of Paralytic Shellfish Poison.

Accession number;00A0371177
Title;Effects of Temperature and pH on Degradation of Paralytic Shellfish Poison.
Author; YAMAUCHI SHIN'YA (Hiroshima Prefect. Food Technol. Res. Center) OKAZAKI TAKASHI (Hiroshima Prefect. Food Technol. Res. Center) YONEDA TATSUO (Hiroshima Prefect. Food Technol. Res. Center)
Journal Title;Journal of the Japanese Society for Food Science and Technology
Journal Code:F0895A
ISSN:1341-027X
VOL.47;NO.3;PAGE.208-213(2000)
Figure&Table&Reference;FIG.5, TBL.2, REF.14
Pub. Country;Japan
Language;Japanese
Abstract;This study was undertaken to determine the effects of temperature and pH on the degradation of gonyautoxin(GTX) 1-4 in both canned oyster infested with paralytic shellfish poison(PSP) and a model GTX 1-4 solution. The degradation of GTX 1-4 in the model solution obeyed good first order kinetics over the entire range of temperature (80-120.DEG.C.) and pH (6.0-8.0) used in the experiment. The degradation rate of GTX 1-4 increased with the rise of temperature and pH with the correlation coefficient ranging from 0.87 to 0.98. These results obtained with GTX 1-4 in the model solution were almost the same as those with GTX 1-4 in heated-canned oyster infested with PSP. Thus, the amount of GTX 1-4 remaining in canned oyster after heat treatment can be estimated by prediction equations derived in this study. (author abst.)