Marine Toxins. Origin, Structure, and Molecular Pharmacology

Content: Pharmacology of marine toxins : effects on membrane channels / Gary Strichartz and Neil Castle --
Biosynthesis of red tide toxins / Yuzuru Shimizu, Sandeep Gupta, and Hong-Nong Chou --
The saxitoxins : sources, chemistry, and pharmacology / Sherwood Hall, Gary Strichartz, E. Moczydlowski, A. Ravindran, and P.B. Reichardt --
High-performance liquid chromatographic method applied to paralytic shellfish poisoning research / John J. Sullivan --
A bacterial source of tetrodotoxins and saxitoxins / Mark L. Tamplin --
Natural toxins from cyanobacteria (blue-green algae) / Wayne W. Carmichael, Nik A. Mahmood, and Edward G. Hyde --
Nicotinic acetylcholine receptor function studied with synthetic (+)-anatoxin-a and derivatives / K.L. Swanson, H. Rapoport, R.S. Aronstam, and E.X. Albuquerque --
Polyether toxins involved in seafood poisoning / Takeshi Yasumoto and Michio Murata --
Ca-dependent excitatory effects of maitotoxin on smooth and cardiac muscle / Yasushi Ohizumi and Masaki Kobayashi --
X-ray crystallographic studies of marine toxins / Gregory D. Van Duyne --
Brevetoxins : unique activators of voltage-sensitive sodium channels / Vera L. Trainer, Richard A. Edwards, Alina M. Szmant, Adam M. Stuart, Thomas J. Mende, and Daniel G. Baden --
Detection, metabolism, and pathophysiology of brevetoxins / Mark A. Poli, Charles B. Templeton, Judith G. Pace, and Harry B. Hines --
The molecular basis of ciguatoxin action / Christian Frelin, Monique Durand-Clément, Jean-Noël Bidard, and Michel Lazdunski --
A perspective on palytoxin / Gary Strichartz --
Mechanism of palytoxin action on the epidermal growth factor receptor / Elizabeth V. Wattenberg, Hirota Fujiki, and Marsha Rich Rosner --
Mechanism of pharmacological action of palytoxin / Yasushi Ohizumi --
Production of antibodies and development of a radioimmunoassay for palytoxin / Lawrence Levine, Hirota Fujiki, Hilda B. Gjika, and Helen Van Vunakis --
New tumor promoters from marine natural products / Hirota Fujiki, Masami Suganuma, Hiroko Suguri, Shigeru Yoshizawa, Kanji Takagi, Michie Nakayasu, Makoto Ojika, Kiyoyuki Yamada, Takeshi Yasumoto, Richard E. Moore, and Takashi Sugimura --
Pharmacological and toxicological studies of palytoxin / James A. Vick and Joseph Wiles --
Conotoxins : targeted peptide ligands from snail venoms / Baldomero M. Olivera, David R. Hillyard, Jean Rivier, Scott Woodward, William R. Gray, Gloria Corpuz, and Lourdes J. Cruz --
Sea anemone polypeptide toxins affecting sodium channels : initial structure-activity investigations / William R. Kem, Michael W. Pennington, and Ben M. Dunn --
Solution structure of sea anemone toxins by NMR spectroscopy / N. Vasant Kumar, Joseph H.B. Pease, Hugues Schweitz, and David E. Wemmer --
Cytolytic peptides of sea anemones / Alan W. Bernheimer --
Toxins from marine invertebrates / M.J.A. Walker and V.L. Masuda --
Some natural jellyfish toxins / Joseph W. Burnett --
Neurotoxins from sea snake and other vertebrate venoms / Anthony T. Tu --
Origin, chemistry, and mechanisms of action of a repellent, presynaptic excitatory, ionophore polypeptide / P. Lazarovici, N. Primor, J. Gennaro, J. Fox, Y. Shai, P.I. Lelkes, C.G. Caratsch, G. Raghunathan, H.R. Guy, Y.L. Shih, and C. Edwards.