Marine venoms and toxins / edited by Anthony T. Tu.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Tu, Anthony T., 1930-

Series:

Handbook of natural toxins ; v. 3.

Handbook of natural toxins ; v. 3

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Marine Toxins.

Venoms.

Marine toxins.

Marine animals--Venom.

Marine animals.

Venom.

Medical Subjects:

Marine Toxins.

Venoms.

Physical Description:

xviii, 587 pages : illustrations ; 27 cm.

Place of Publication:

New York : M. Dekker, [1988]

Summary:

The third volume in the highly popular series constituting a primary source of information addressing all toxins, Marine Toxins and Venoms focuses on the toxicology, biochemistry, and pharmacology of marine toxic compounds. Presenting the work of 28 international researchers, this authoritative, single-source reference considers the biology of toxic marine organisms ... discusses marine toxins, including shellfish, sponge and sea cucumber, and freshwater algae toxins ... covers marine venoms, such as marine snail, sea snakes, and fish venoms ... examines the clinical aspects of marine poisoning, describing the proper treatment for stings, bites, and marine food poisonings ... and facilitates further study with an excellent review of the literature, including extensive citations. Containing numerous diagrams, photographs, and tables, Marine Toxins and Venoms is an indispensable resource for toxicologists; biochemists; pharmacologists; marine biologists; emergency room and critical care physicians; fishery departments; public health officials at the federal, state, and local levels; and as key supplementary reading for graduate-level toxicology, marine biology, and pharmacology courses.

Contents:

Part I. Biology

1. Biology of Poisonous and Venomous Marine Animals / Bruce W. Halstead, Jennine M. Vinci 1

Part II. Marine Toxins

2. Ciguatera Fish Toxins and Poisoning / Nancy W. Withers 31

3. The Chemistry of Paralytic Shellfish Toxins / Yuzuru Shimizu 63

4. Detection of Paralytic Shellfish Toxins / John J. Sullivan, Marleen M. Wekell, Sherwood Hall 87

5. Structure and Biologic Activities of Sponge and Sea Cucumber Toxins / Valentin A. Stonik, George B. Elyakov 107

6. Toxins of Freshwater Algae / Wayne W. Carmichael 121

7. Allergy by Ingestion of Seafoods / Steve L. Taylor, Robert K. Bush 149

8. Mechanism of Tetrodotoxin and Saxitoxin Action / Toshio Narahashi 185

9. Fish Skin Toxins / M. S. R. Nair 211

10. Ichthyootoxic Fish / Thomas A. Burns 227

11. Chemistry and Pharmacology of Palytoxin / Yoshimasa Hirata, Daisuke Uemura, Yashushi Ohizumi 241

12. Public Health Problems of Red Tides / Daniel G. Baden 259

Part III. Marine Venoms

13. Coelenterate and Echinoderm Toxins: Mechanisms and Actions / M. J. A. Walker 279

14. Marine Snail Venoms / Baldomero M. Olivera, William R. Gray, Lourdes J. Cruz 327

15. Worm Toxins / William R. Kem 353

16. Sea Snakes and Their Venoms / Anthony T. Tu 379

17. Fish Venoms / Zvonimir Maretic 445

18. Cytotoxic Effect of Marine Toxins and Venoms / W. T. Shier 477

Part IV. Clinical Aspects

19. Clinical Therapy of Marine Envenomation and Poisoning / Paul S. Auerbach 493.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

0824776674

OCLC:

187323854