Seafood and freshwater toxins pharmacology, physiology, and detection

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Bibliographic Details
Other Authors Botana, Luis M.
Format eBook
LanguageEnglish
Published Boca Raton : CRC Press, c2008.
Edition2nd ed.
SeriesFood science and technology (CRC Press)
Subjects
Online AccessFull text
ISBN9781420007541
DOI10.1201/9781420007541
Physical Descriptionxvii, 941 p. : ill., map.

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Table of Contents:
  • pt. 1. General considerations
  • pt. 2. The epidemiological impact of toxic episodes
  • pt. 3. Diversity of marine toxins as pharmacological tools
  • pt. 4. Paralytic shellfish poisoning (PSP)
  • pt. 5. Diarrheic episodes : phosphatase inhibitors
  • pt. 6. Lipophyllic toxins : nonphosphatase inhibitors
  • pt. 6A. Yessotoxins
  • pt. 6B. Pectenotoxins
  • pt. 7. Domoic acid intoxication
  • pt. 8. Non-PSP neurotoxic episodes
  • pt. 8A. Ciguatera toxins
  • pt. 8B. Maitotoxin
  • pt. 8C. Brevetoxins
  • pt. 8D. Cyclic imines
  • pt. 8E. Polycavernosides and gambierol
  • pt. 9. Palytoxin, ostreocin, ovatatoxin
  • pt. 10. Pfiesteria toxins
  • pt. 11. Azaspiracids
  • pt. 12. Cyanobacterial toxins
  • pt. 12A. Neurotoxins
  • pt. 12B. Hepatotoxins
  • pt. 13. Toxins as a starting point to drugs
  • pt. 14. Legal and economic views.