Title: Scombroid poisoning
Long Title: IUPAC Gold Book - Scombroid poisoning
DOI: 10.1351/goldbook.12066
Status: current

Definition
Constellation of symptoms resembling an allergic reaction, caused by eating the meat of decaying fish that has high levels of histamine (in this context sometimes referred to as scombrotoxin).

Note
Typically but not exclusively caused by fish of the Scombridae family, such as tuna, albacore and mackerel.

Related Term
- histamine: https://goldbook.iupac.org//terms/view/11809

Source
- PAC, 2015, 87, 841. 'IUPAC Glossary of terms used in neurotoxicology (IUPAC Recommendations 2015)' on page 904 (https://doi.org/10.1515/pac-2015-0103)

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Citation: Citation: 'Scombroid poisoning' in IUPAC Compendium of Chemical Terminology, 5th ed. International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry; 2025. Online version 5.0.0, 2025. 10.1351/goldbook.12066
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