What is Amnesic Shellfish Poisoning?

Amnesic Shellfish Toxins (AST or Amnesic Shellfish Poisoning, ASP) is a strong neurotoxic biotoxin produced by a marine diatom, Pseudo-nitzschia sp., Whose chemical name is domoic acid ( domoic acid (DA for short). An excitatory proline derivative and neurotoxin, a product of phytoplankton metabolism, can be detected in algae-contaminated marine foods, especially shellfish, and its structure is similar to that of kainic acid and glutamic acid. A stimulant of the kainic acid receptor. ^[1]

Kainic acid structural formula ^[2]