Natural toxins : characterization, pharmacology, and therapeutics : proceedings of the 9th World Congress on Animal, Plant, and Microbial Toxins, Stillwater, Oklahoma, August 1988

The 9th World Congress on Animal, Plant and Microbial Toxins was sponsored by the International Society on Toxinology which recently celebrated its 25th anniversary. The Society was organized to promote research into all aspects of natural toxins, and to help with the dissemination of knowledge. This book presents the most recent information on natural toxins from animal, plant and microbial origins and describes the state of research and clinical studies in the field. The material included is illustrated, referenced and fully indexed. Content: Titles of Related Interest , Page ii Front Matter , Page iii Copyright , Page iv PREFACE , Page v , Charlotte L. Ownby, George V. Odell CONTRIBUTORS , Pages vii-ix Freshwater Cyanobacteria (blue-green algae) Toxins , Pages 3-16 , Wayne W. Carmichael MYCOTOXINS - AN OVERVIEW , Pages 17-29 , Bruce B. Jarvis THE IDENTIFICATION, METABOLISM AND TOXICITY ASSOCIATED WITH THE MACROCYCLIC PYRROLIZIDINE ALKALOIDS , Pages 30-40 , H.J. Segali, D.W. Wilson, D.S. Griffin, C.K. Winter, C.K. Winter, D.M. Morin, M.W. Lame THE MOLECULAR PHARMACOLOGY OF TOXINS THAT MODIFY VOLTAGE-GATED SODIUM CHANNELS , Pages 43-53 , G.R. Strichartz INSIGHTS ON THE VOLTAGE-SENSITIVE SODIUM CHANNEL: THE BATRACHOTOXIN CONNECTION , Pages 54-65 , George B. Brown CONOTOXINS: BIOCHEMICAL PROBES FOR ION CHANNELS AND RECEPTORS , Pages 66-75 , Lourdes J. Cruz POSTSYNAPTICALLY-ACTING TOXINS AND PROTEINS WITH PHOSPHOLIPASE STRUCTURE FROM SNAKE VENOMS: COMPLETE AMINO ACID SEQUENCES DEDUCED FROM cDNAs and PRODUCTION OF A TOXIN WITH STAPHYLOCOCCAL PROTEIN A GENE FUSION VECTOR , Pages 79-93 , F. DUCANCEL, G. GUIGNERY-FRELAT, J-C. BOULAIN, A. MÉNEZ, T. TAMIYA SCORPION VENOM NEUROTOXINS: cDNA CLONING AND EXPRESSION , Pages 94-101 , Pierre E. Bougis, Leonard A. Smith, Hervé Rochat STRUCTURE AND FUNCTION OF TETANUS TOXIN. APPROACHES BY DNA AND PROTEIN CHEMISTRY , Pages 102-109 , E. Habermann THE CLONING OF TOXIN AND OTHER CLOSTRIDIAL GENES , Pages 110-120 , T. RUBIDGE, R.W. TITBALL, K.L. MARTIN THREE-DIMENSIONAL STRUCTURES AND STRUCTURE-FUNCTION RELATIONSHIPS OF SCORPION NEUROTOXINS , Pages 123-129 , J.C. Fontecilla-Camps, J.C. Genovesio-Taverne, C. Habersetzer-Rochat THE THREE DIMENSIONAL STRUCTURE OF THE ENZYMATIC PLANT TOXIN RICIN , Pages 130-136 , JON ROBERTUS PATHOPHYSIOLOGY AND TREATMENT OF SCORPION POISONING , Pages 139-159 , L. FREIRE-MAIA, J.A. CAMPOS TREATMENT OF VENOMOUS JELLYFISH STINGS , Pages 160-164 , Joseph W. Burnett DEVELOPMENT OF DRUG THERAPIES FOR SNAKE VENOM INTOXICATION , Pages 165-175 , Richard D. Crosland SUBJECT INDEX , Pages 177-199 Taxonomic Index , Pages 200-211