Phycotoxins are marine biotoxins that accumulate in fish and shellfish from their diet algae.

There are three different types of phycotoxins: PSP (paralytic shellfish poisoning), DSP (diarrhetic shellfish poison) and ASP (amnestic shellfish poison). The consumption of phycotoxin-contaminated food can lead to serious health problems that can be recognized by the following symptoms: damaged nervous system, damaged digestive system and memory loss. Toxin-contaminated mussels can be found worldwide in the summer time. phycotoxins-residues can be determined by either HPLC, LC-MS or GC-MS. However, enzyme immunoassays (ELISA) have considerable advantages over conventional methods.

TheMaxSignal™ Phycotoxin ELISA Test Kits provide a simple, rapid, sensitive and cost-effective enzyme immunoassay (ELISA) screening method, which enables government agencies, food processors, as well as quality assurance organizations, to detect phycotoxin in food matrices.