The threat on your plate: Do we just eat Sarpa salpa or more?

Turhan S., ÇAVAŞ L.

REGIONAL STUDIES IN MARINE SCIENCE, cilt.29, 2019 (SCI-Expanded) identifier identifier

  • Yayın Türü: Makale / Tam Makale
  • Cilt numarası: 29
  • Basım Tarihi: 2019
  • Doi Numarası: 10.1016/j.rsma.2019.100697
  • Dergi Adı: REGIONAL STUDIES IN MARINE SCIENCE
  • Derginin Tarandığı İndeksler: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Scopus
  • Anahtar Kelimeler: Caulerpa cylindracea, Caulerpa prolifera, Caulerpin, Sarpa salpa, ALGA CAULERPA-TAXIFOLIA, RACEMOSA VAR. CYLINDRACEA, WOUND-ACTIVATED TRANSFORMATION, MEDITERRANEAN SEA, INVASION, SPREAD
  • Dokuz Eylül Üniversitesi Adresli: Evet

Özet

Caulerpin (CPN), a secondary metabolite in the Caulerpa genus, has a detrimental effect on some fish native to the Mediterranean Sea. CPN levels in the tissues of invasive Caulerpa cylindracea and non-invasive C. prolifera were studied, as well as the accumulation of CPN in Sarpa salpa (dream fish) tissues. Maximum CPN levels were found in the C. cylindracea, liver, muscle and brain tissues of S. salpa to be 11.82 +/- 0.2 mg/g dry weight; 11.28 +/- 7.68 mu g/g wet weight, 0.38 +/- 0.11 mu g/g wet weight; and 0.50 +/- 0.02 mu g/g wet weight, respectively. In conclusion, we showed that CPN migrates from Caulerpa taxa to S. salpa. The negative health effects of CPN accumulation in S. salpa have already been reported in various reported papers. As such, to prevent any possible health consequences, the consumption of S. salpa may not be recommended during August when CPN concentrations are higher than the levels observed in other months. (C) 2019 Published by Elsevier B.V.