Chemistry:Mouse unit
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A mouse unit (MU) is the amount of toxin required to kill a 20g mouse in 15 minutes via intraperitoneal injection.[1][2] Mouse units are measured by a mouse bioassay, and are commonly used in the shellfish industry when describing relative toxicities for assessing food safety levels for human consumption.[3]
References
- ↑ Llewellyn, LE; Endean, R (1989). "Toxins extracted from Australian specimens of the crab, Eriphia sebana (Xanthidae).". Toxicon 27 (5): 579–86. doi:10.1016/0041-0101(89)90119-0. PMID 2749756.
- ↑ Nollet, Leo M. L.; Toldra, Fidel (2010) (in en). Safety Analysis of Foods of Animal Origin. Hoboken: CRC Press. p. 584. ISBN 9781439848197. https://books.google.com/books?id=oGXfsKDP4lcC&pg=PA584. Retrieved 10 February 2017.
- ↑ Fleming, Lora E. "Paralytic Shellfish Poisoning". https://www.whoi.edu/science/B/redtide/illness/psp.html.
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