Natural Toxins 2: Structure, Mechanism of Action, and Detection

Front Matter....Pages i-xi
Marine Natural Products....Pages 1-8
Plant Toxins....Pages 9-35
Overview of Snake Venom Chemistry....Pages 37-62
Critical Aspects of Bacterial Protein Toxins....Pages 63-84
Structure and Function of Cobra Neurotoxin....Pages 85-96
Structure and Function of Cobra Venom Factor, the Complement-Activating Protein in Cobra Venom....Pages 97-114
A CASE STUDY OF CARDIOTOXIN III FROM THE TAIWAN COBRA ( Naja naja atra ) Solution Structure and Other Physical Properties....Pages 115-129
The Staphylococcal and Streptococcal Pyrogenic Toxin Family....Pages 131-154
PRIMARY STRUCTURAL MOTIFS OF Conus PEPTIDES....Pages 155-167
Hymenoptera Venom Proteins....Pages 169-186
Structure and Functions of Coagulation Factor IX/Factor X-Binding Protein Isolated from the Venom of Trimeresurus flavoviridis ....Pages 187-196
Structure and Function Relationship of Crotoxin, a Heterodimeric Neurotoxic Phospholipase A 2 from the Venom of a South-American Rattlesnake....Pages 197-202
Atroxase—A Fibrinolytic Enzyme Isolated from the Venuom of Western Diamond Back RattleSnake....Pages 203-211
Isolation of a Novel Lectin from the Globiferous Pedicellariae of the Sea Urchin Toxopneustes Pileolus ....Pages 213-223
Indian Catfish ( Plotosus canius , Hamilton) Venom....Pages 225-229
Neurotoxin from Black Widow Spider Venom Structure and Function....Pages 231-236
Structural and Fuctional Studies of Latrodectin from the Venom of Black Widow Spider ( Latrodectus tredecimguttatus )....Pages 237-243
Effects of Toxic Shock Syndrome Toxin-1 and a Site-Directed Mutant, H135A, in Mice....Pages 245-250
The Relationship between Histidine Redidues and Various Biological Activities of Clostridium perfringens Alpha Toxin....Pages 251-255
Mechanism of Action of Clostridium perfringens Enterotoxin....Pages 257-269
Binding Proteins on Synaptic Membranes for Certain Phospholipases A 2 With Presynaptic Toxicity....Pages 271-278
Pyrularia Thionin....Pages 279-291
The Chemistry and Biological Activities of the Natural Products AAl-Toxin and the Fumonisins....Pages 293-308
New Aspects of Amanitin and Phalloidin Poisoning....Pages 309-314
Actions of Banana Tree Extraction on Smooth and Cardiac Muscles and in the Anesthetized Rat....Pages 315-321
The Early Expression of Myotoxicity and Localization of the Binding Sites of Notexin in the Soleus Muscle of the Rat....Pages 323-329
Fumonisin B1-Immunological EffectsS....Pages 331-342
Biochemical Studies On The Effect of Plotosus Lineatus Crude Venom ( In Vivo ) And Its Effect On Eac-Cells ( In Vitro )....Pages 343-355
Interaction of lipopolysaccharide with the Antimicrobial Peptide “Cecropin A”....Pages 357-360
Study on the Acrtion Mechanism of Hemorrhagin I from Agkistrodon acutus Venom....Pages 361-366
K 252a and Staurosporine Microbial Alkaloid Toxins as Prototype of Neurotropic Drugs....Pages 367-377
Structure and Experimental Uses of Arthropod Venom Proteins....Pages 379-386
Metamorphoses of a Conotoxin....Pages 387-401
Purification and Characterization of Nerve Growth Factors (NGFs) from the Snake Venoms....Pages 403-416
Snake Venoms as Probes to Study the Kinetics of Formation and Architecture of Fibrin Network Structure....Pages 417-425
Fibrolase, an Active Thrombolytic Enzyme in Arterial and Venous Thrombosis Model Systems....Pages 427-438
Mass Spectrometric Investigations on Proteinaceous Toxins and Antibodies....Pages 439-463
Detection of the Staphylococcal Toxins....Pages 465-479
Detection And Identification of Clostridium botulinum Neurotoxins....Pages 481-498
Detection of Botulinum Neurotoxins Using Optical Fiber-Based Biosensor....Pages 499-508
Comparative Studies of Antisera Against Different Toxins....Pages 509-514
New Approaches in Antivenom Therapy....Pages 515-520
Distribution of Domoic Acid In Seaweeds Occurring In Kagoshima, Southern Japan....Pages 521-526
Back Matter....Pages 527-535