Handbook of venoms and toxins of reptiles / edited by Stephen P. Mackessy.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Mackessy, Stephen P.

Clarence J. Marshall Memorial Library Fund.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Poisonous snakes--Venom.

Poisonous snakes.

Reptiles--Venom.

Reptiles.

Venom--Physiological effect.

Venom.

Toxins.

Dangerous reptiles.

Snake Venoms.

Antivenins--therapeutic use.

Snake Bites--therapy.

Medical Subjects:

Snake Venoms.

Antivenins--therapeutic use.

Reptiles.

Snake Bites--therapy.

Physical Description:

xvi, 521 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color), maps, portrait ; 27 cm

Other Title:

Venoms and toxins of reptiles

Place of Publication:

Boca Raton : CRC Press/Taylor & Francis, [2010]

Contents:

The field of reptile toxinology : snakes, lizards, and their venoms / Stephen P. Mackessy

Recent advances in venomous snake systematics / Adrian Quijada-Mascareñas and Wolfgang Wüster

Reptile venom glands : form, function, and future / Scott A. Weinstein, Tamara L. Smith, and Kenneth V. Kardong

Snake venom metalloproteinases / Jay W. Fox and Solange M.T. Serrano

Snake venom metalloproteinases : biological roles and participation in the pathophysiology of envenomation / José María Gutiérrez, Alexandra Rucavado, and Teresa Escalante

Thrombin-like snake venom serine proteinases / Don J. Phillips, Stephen D. Swenson, and Francis S. Markland Jr.

Snake venom nucleases, nucleotidases, and phosphomonoesterases / Bhadrapura L. Dhananjaya, Bannikuppe S. Vishwanath, and Cletus J.M. D'Souza

Snake venom phospholipase A₂ enzymes / Robin Doley, Xingding Zhou, and R. Manjunatha Kini

Snake venom acetylcholinesterase / Mushtaq Ahmed ... [et al.]

Snake venom L-amino acid oxidases / Nget-Hong Tan and Shin-Yee Fung

Hyaluronidases, a neglected class of glycosidases from snake venom : beyond a spreading factor / K. Kemparaju, K.S. Girish, and S. Nagaraju

Natural inhibitors : innate immunity to snake venoms / Ana Gisele C. Neves-Ferreira ... [et al.]

Snake venom three-finger toxins / Raghurama P. Hegde ... [et al.]

Sarafotoxins, the snake venom homologs of the endothelins / Avner Bdolah

Fasciculins : toxins from mamba venoms that inhibit acetylcholinesterase / Alan L. Harvey

Cysteine-rich secretory proteins in reptile venoms / William H. Heyborne and Stephen P. Mackessy

Snake venomics and disintegrins : portrait and evolution of a family of snake venom integrin antagonists / Juan J. Calvete, Paula Juárez, and Libia Sanz

Reptile C-type lectins / Xiao-Yan Du and Kenneth J. Clemetson

Snake venom nerve growth factors / Martin F. Lavin ... [et al.]

The role of purine and pyrimidine nucleosides in snake venoms / Steven D. Aird

Envenomation : prevention and treatment in Australia / Julian White

Snakebite in Africa : current situation and urgent needs / Jean-Philippe Chippaux

Envenomations by reptiles in the United States / Jennifer Smith and Sean Bush

Snakebite envenomation in Central America / José María Gutiérrez.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Local Notes:

Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Clarence J. Marshall Memorial Library Fund.

ISBN:

9780849391651

0849391652

OCLC:

149657895