Handbook of Venoms and Toxins of Reptiles
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Handbook of Venoms and Toxins of Reptiles

  1. 528 pages
  2. English
  3. PDF
  4. Available on iOS & Android
eBook - PDF

Handbook of Venoms and Toxins of Reptiles

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The Handbook of Venoms and Toxins of Reptiles offers "one-stop shopping" to all biologists, biochemists, toxicologists, physicians, clinicians, and epidemiologists, and informed laypersons interested in the biology of venomous reptiles, the biochemistry and molecular biology of venoms, and the effects and treatment of human envenomation. This book

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Information

Publisher
CRC Press
Year
2016
Print ISBN
9780849391651, 9780849391651
eBook ISBN
9781420008661
Edition
1
Topic
Medicine
Subtopic
Pharmacology

Table of contents

  1. Front cover
  2. Contents
  3. Preface
  4. About the Editor
  5. Contributors
  6. Section I: Reptile Toxinology, Systematics, and Venom Gland Structure
  7. Chapter 1. The Field of Reptile Toxinology: Snakes, Lizards, and Their Venoms
  8. Chapter 2. Recent Advances in Venomous Snake Systematics
  9. Chapter 3. Reptile Venom Glands: From, Function, and Future
  10. Section II: Reptile Venom Enzymes
  11. Chapter 4. Snake Venom Metalloproteinases
  12. Chapter 5. Snake Venom Metalloproteinases: Biological Roles and Participation in the Pathophysiology of Envenomation
  13. Chapter 6. Thrombin-Like Snake Venom Serine Proteinases
  14. Chapter 7. Snake Venom Nucleases, Nucleotidases, and Phosphomonoesterases
  15. Chapter 8. Snake Venom Phospholipase A2 Enzymes
  16. Chapter 9. Snake Venom Acetylcholinesterase
  17. Chapter 10. Snake Venom L-Amino Acid Oxidases
  18. Chapter 11. Hyaluronidases, a Neglected Class of Glycosidases from Snake Venom: Beyond a Spreading Factor
  19. Chapter 12. Natural Inhibitors: Innate Immunity to Snake Venoms
  20. Section III: Reptile Venom Toxins
  21. Chapter 13. Snake Venom Three-Finger Toxins
  22. Chapter 14. Sarafotoxins, the Snake Venom Homologs of the Endothelins
  23. Chapter 15. Fasciculins: Toxins from Mamba Venoms That Inhibit Acetylcholinesterase
  24. Chapter 16. Cysteine-Rich Secretory Proteins in Reptile Venoms
  25. Chapter 17. Snake Venomics and Disintegrins: Portrait and Evolution of a Family of Snake Venom Integrin Antagonists
  26. Chapter 18. Reptile C-Type Lectins
  27. Chapter 19. Snake Venom Nerve Growth Factors
  28. Chapter 20. The Role of Purine and Pyrimidine Nucleosides in Snake Venoms
  29. Section IV: Envenomation: Occurence, Prevention, Treatment
  30. Chapter 21. Envenomation: Prevention and Treatment in Australia
  31. Chapter 22. Snakebite in Africa: Current Situation and Urgent Needs
  32. Chapter 23. Envenomations by Reptiles in the United States
  33. Chapter 24. Snakebite Envenomation in Central America
  34. Index
  35. Back cover