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The major arsenic compound in the shrimpSergestes lucens was isolated and identified as arsenobetaine (CH3)3A +S CH2COO−. Arsenobetaine accounted for 80% of the total arsenic in the shrimp.
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We are grateful to Drs N. Fusetani and S. Matsunaga, the University of Tokyo, for estimating the1H-NMR and field desorption mass spectra of the isolated arsenic compound. We also wish to thank Dr M. Chiba, Research Station, Agriculture Canada, Vineland Station, Ontario, Canada, for revising this manuscript. This work was partly supported by a grant from the Ministry of Education, Science and Culture of Japan.
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Shiomi, K., Shinagawa, A., Igarashi, T. et al. Evidence for the presence of arsenobetaine as a major arsenic compound in the shrimpSergestes lucens. Experientia 40, 1247–1248 (1984). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01946656
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