Animal Toxins. A Collection of Papers Presented at the First International Symposium on Animal Toxins, Atlantic City, New Jersey, U.S.A., April 9–11, 1966

Content: Inside Front Cover , Page ii Front Matter , Page iii Copyright , Page iv FOREWORD , Page v , SIDNEY R. GALLER PREFACE , Page vii , FINDLAY E. RUSSELL, PAUL R. SAUNDERS ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS , Page ix STRUCTURE OF THE VENOM GLAND OF THE BLACK WIDOW SPIDER LATRODECTUS MACTANS . A PRELIMINARY LIGHT AND ELECTRON MICROSCOPIC STUDY , Pages 1-15 , DAVID S. SMITH, FINDLAY E. RUSSELL THE VENOM OF THE HONEYBEE ( APIS MELLIFERA ): I. GENERAL CHARACTER , Pages 17-22 , ROD O'CONNOR, GILES HENDERSON, DAVID NELSON, RENO PARKER, M. LARRY PECK VENOM OF AN EAST AFRICAN ORTHOGNATH SPIDER , Pages 23-28 , ZVONIMIR MARETIĆ ISOLATION AND CHARACTERIZATION OF A LETHAL COMPONENT FROM THE VENOM OF LATRODECTUS MACTANS MACTANS , Pages 29-34 , JOHN D. MCCRONE, ROBERT J. HATALA APHONOPELMA TARANTULA VENOM , Pages 35-39 , HERBERT L. STAHNKE, BOB D. JOHNSON MOLECULAR ASPECTS OF NEUROTOXIC PRINCIPLE IN VENOM OF THE SCORPION CENTRUROIDES SCULPTURATUS , Pages 41-46 , DEAN D. WATT, MAX E. MCINTOSH BIOCHEMICAL-IMMUNOCHEMICAL ASPECTS OF THE VENOM FROM THE SCORPION CENTRUROIDES SCULPTURATUS , Pages 47-58 , MAX E. MCINTOSH, DEAN D. WATT THE SPIDER GENUS LATRODECTUS IN SANTIAGO DEL ESTERO, ARGENTINA , Pages 59-74 , J.W. ABALOS, E.C. BÁEZ ECOLOGICAL INTERACTIONS OF TOXIC DINOFLAGELLATES AND MOLLUSCS IN THE GULF OF MEXICO , Pages 75-83 , SAMMY M. RAY, DAVID V. ALDRICH DIFFERENTIATION OF THE POISONS OF FISH, SHELLFISH AND PLANKTON , Pages 85-90 , E.F. MCFARREN BIOCHEMICAL STUDIES ON PURIFIED GONYAULAX CATENELLA POISON , Pages 91-95 , EDWARD J. SCHANTZ BLOCK OF SENSORY NERVE CONDUCTION IN THE CAT BY MUSSEL POISON AND TETRODOTOXIN , Pages 97-108 , M.H. EVANS COMPARISON OF THE BIOLOGICAL ACTIONS OF TETRODOTOXIN AND SAXITOXIN , Pages 109-114 , C.Y. KAO EXTRACTION OF CNIDARIAN VENOM FROM LIVING TENTACLE , Pages 115-129 , J.H. BARNES RECENT OBSERVATIONS ON THE PHARMACOLOGY OF PHYSALIA TOXIN , Pages 131-136 , CHARLES E. LANE THE VENOM OF THE PISCIVOROUS GASTROPOD CONUS STRIATUS , Pages 137-144 , R. ENDEAN, JOAN IZATT, D. MCCOLM A BIOLOGICALLY ACTIVE SUBSTANCE FROM THE SPINES OF TWO DIADEMATID SEA URCHINS , Pages 145-155 , CHARLES B. ALENDER MARINE TOXINS FROM THE PACIFIC, I—ADVANCES IN THE INVESTIGATION OF FISH TOXINS , Pages 157-165 , ALBERT H. BANNER FRESH WATER VENOMOUS RAYS , Pages 167-176 , MARIANO N. CASTEX THE VENOM APPARATUS OF THE EUROPEAN STAR-GAZER URANOSCOPUS SCABER LINNAEUS , Pages 177-186 , BRUCE W. HALSTEAD, ARTHUR E. DALGLEISH PHYSIOLOGICAL AND PHARMACOLOGICAL STUDIES ON EXTRACTS OF THE WESTERN ATLANTIC PUFFER SPHEROIDES MACULATUS , Pages 187-194 , EDWARD LARSON, R.C. LALONE, E.J. DE VILLEZ, ROBERT SIMAN JR. THE STRUCTURE OF THE VENOM GLAND AND SECRETION OF VENOM IN VIPERID SNAKES , Pages 195-203 , ELAZAR KOCHVA, CARL GANS EPIDEMIOLOGICAL METHODS IN STUDYING VENOMOUS SNAKEBITES , Pages 205-210 , HENRY M. PARRISH, WILLIAM B. NESER OBSERVATIONS ON TOXICITY AND ANTIGENIC MAKEUP OF VENOMS FROM JUVENILE SNAKES , Pages 211-222 , SHERMAN A. MINTON Jr. OBSERVATIONS ON DENDROASPIS VENOMS , Pages 223-234 , P.A. CHRISTENSEN, C.G. ANDERSON PRODUCTION BY SNAKE VENOMS OF UNCOUPLING ACTIVITY AND REVERSE ACCEPTOR CONTROL IN RAT LIVER MITOCHONDRIAL PREPARATIONS: PART I—PREVIOUS WORK , Pages 235-243 , W.B. ELLIOTT, CARL GANS TOXICOLOGICAL STUDIES ON THE VENOM OF THE SEA SNAKE LATICAUDA LATICAUDATA AFFINIS , Pages 245-248 , TSUCHIH TU STUDIES ON SEA SNAKE VENOMS: CRYSTALLIZATION OF ERABUTOXINS “a” AND “b” FROM LATICAUDA SEMIFASCIATA VENOM, AND OF LATICOTOXIN “a” FROM LATICAUDA LATICAUDATA VENOM , Pages 249-258 , NOBUO TAMIYA, HIROKO ARAI, SHOWBU SATO PHARMACOLOGICAL PROPERTIES OF THE NEUROTOXIN OF COBRA VENOM , Pages 259-267 , C. SU, C.C. CHANG, C.Y. LEE PATHOPHYSIOLOGICAL STUDIES OF TEN SNAKE VENOMS , Pages 269-282 , JAMES A. VICK, HENRY P. CIUCHTA, JAMES H. MANTHEI LOW MOLECULAR WEIGHT TOXINS ISOLATED FROM ELAPIDAE VENOMS , Pages 283-292 , GEORGE A. FISCHER, JON J. KABARA STUDIES ON SOME ANTIGENIC PROTEINS AND POLYPEPTIDES FROM NAJA NIGRICOLLIS VENOM , Pages 293-298 , P. BOQUET, Y. IZARD, M. JOUANNET, J. MEAUME ENHANCEMENT OF IMMUNOGENICITY OF SNAKE VENOM NEUROTOXINS , Pages 299-302 , CHAYA MOROZ, LEA GROTTO, NATAN GOLDBLUM, ANDRE DE VRIES NEUROTOXIC PROTEIN OF VIPERA PALESTINAE VENOM , Pages 303-306 , CHAYA MOROZ, ANDRE DE VRIES, MICHAEL SELA DIFFERENTIATION BETWEEN BOTHROPS NUMMIFER AND BOTHROPS PICADOI BY MEANS OF THE BIOCHEMICAL PROPERTIES OF THEIR VENOMS , Pages 307-321 , JESÚs M. JIMÉnez-PORRAS DEFIBRINATION BY AGKISTRODON RHODOSTOMA VENOM , Pages 323-335 , H. ALISTAIR REID SIGNIFICANCE OF THE LOCAL TISSUE RESPONSES TO VENOMS IN NORMAL AND IN SENSITIZED MICE , Pages 337-349 , R.D. HIGGINBOTHAM, J.M. CLARK CHEMICAL DIFFERENCES IN THE VENOMS OF GENETICALLY DIFFERENT SNAKES , Pages 351-362 , ANTHONY T. TU, PAUL M. TOOM, DAVID S. MURDOCK ACETYLCHOLINE IN SNAKE VENOMS , Pages 363-368 , JOHN H. WELSH THE DIRECT AND INDIRECT HEMOLYTIC FACTORS FROM ANIMAL VENOMS , Pages 369-377 , KARL H. SLOTTA, J.D. GONZALEZ, S.C. ROTH USE OF VENOMS IN TESTING FOR ESSENTIALITY OF CHOLINESTERASE IN CONDUCTION , Pages 379-388 , PHILIP ROSENBERG, WOLF-DIETRICH DETTBARN BIOCHEMISTRY OF THE CYTOTOXIC ACTION OF AMPHIBIAN POISONS , Pages 389-394 , ERICH KAISER, ROBERT KRAMAR CHEMISTRY OF CYTOTOXIC SUBSTANCES IN AMPHIBIAN TOXINS , Pages 395-399 , H. BACHMAYER, H. MICHL, B. ROOS EFFECTS OF VENOMS ON NERVE, MUSCLE AND NEUROMUSCULAR JUNCTION , Pages 401-415 , ITZCHAK PARNAS, FINDLAY E. RUSSELL AUTHOR INDEX , Pages 417-424 SUBJECT INDEX , Pages 425-428