how does saxitoxin of dinoflagellate affect humanbeings?

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Saxitonin is a neurotoxin produced by certain species of dinoflagellates. It enters the food chain when shellfish feeds on dinoflagellates. When human beings eat shellfish, the saxitoin enters human body and affects neural system causing paralytic shellfish poisoning.

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