Jellett Rapid Testing Ltd. in collaboration with the National Research Council of Canada's Institute for Marine Biosciences, has achieved a technological breakthrough leading to the development of rapid screening tests for PSP.
JELLETT RAPID TEST for PSP detects all of the naturally occurring saxitoxins to varying degrees.
| fast accurate, yes/no results within 35 minutes. | |
| works with AOAC, Jellett Rapid or | |
| Phyto Extraction Method | |
| shelf life of at least 1 year | |
| reduces animal use | |
| durable for field use | |
| single sample use | |
| user friendly | |
| cost effective | |
| High Sensitivity Test Now Available | |
| PSP lobster tomalley testing available at our Chester Basin Facility | |
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The Jellett PSP test detects the paralytic shellfish toxin congeners to varying degrees. The following is an average cross reactivity profile of several PSP batches.
PSP toxin |
Cross reactivity (mole %) |
Saxitoxin |
100 |
Neosaxitoxin |
26 |
GTX 1/4 |
3.3 |
GTX 2/3 |
89 |
GTX 5 |
67 |
dcSTX |
73 |
dcGTX 2/3 |
19 |
Please note that the cross reactivity of the Jellett PSP test can be increased to that of NEO with the addition of a sample preparation method. If you wish to receive instructions for this method or would like further information about the method, please contact us at techsupp@jellett.ca.