Table 3.
Accuracy and repeatability of crude extracts of various shellfish species spiked at 0.5 PL (n = 1)
| Sampled | Sample | Average concentration found | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| OA (µg kg-1) | YTX (µg kg-1) | AZA1 (µg kg-1) | PTX2 (µg kg-1) | SPX1 (µg kg-1) | ||
| March | Mussel | 84.1 | 523.5 | 80.8 | 78.0 | 218.5 |
| Oysters | 79.7 | 512.9 | 77.1 | 76.2 | 204.7 | |
| Ensis | 83.8 | 498.6 | 73.6 | 82.3 | 208.1 | |
| Cockle | 91.2 | 527.1 | 82.8 | 84.6 | 203.9 | |
| June | Mussel | 92.9 | 517.9 | 78.3 | 85.5 | 237.9 |
| Oysters | 95.4 | 501.8 | 82.0 | 82.4 | 196.0 | |
| Ensis | 84.2 | 518.6 | 83.2 | 75.5 | 204.4 | |
| Cockle | 79.9 | 521.9 | 72.8 | 72.7 | 193.3 | |
| RSDr (%) | 6.9 | 2.0 | 5.2 | 5.9 | 6.8 | |
| Accuracy (%) | 108.0 | 103.1 | 98.5 | 99.6 | 104.2 | |