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Domoic acid (DA), (C15H22NO6) is a biologically produced neurotoxin that causes amnesic shellfish poisoning (ASP) in humans (Hallegraeff 2003) and can lead to direct poisoning of marine life or Domoic Acid Poisoning (DAP) (Lansberg 2005). The toxin is produced by marine diatoms of the genus Pseudo-nitzschia. Domoic acid (DA) is an excitatory glutamate analog that can cause neuronal cell death from...