Natural Toxins 2

Overview of Toxins.- 1. Marine Natural Products: Diversity in Molecular Structure and Bioactivity.- 2. Plant Toxins: The Essences of Diversity and a Challenge to Research.- 3. Overview of Snake Venom Chemistry.- 4. Critical Aspects of Bacterial Protein Toxins.- Origin, Structure and Function.- 5. Structure and Function of Cobra Neurotoxin.- 6. Structure and Function of Cobra Venom Factor, the Complement-Activating Protein in Cobra Venom.- 7. A Case Study of Cardiotoxin III from the Taiwan Cobra (Naja naja atra): Solution Structure and Other Physical Properties.- 8. The Staphylococcal and Streptococcal Pyrogenic Toxin Family.- 9. Primary Structural Motifs of Conus Peptides.- 10. Hymenoptera Venom Proteins.- 11. Structure and Functions of Coagulation Factor IX/Factor X-Binding Protein Isolated from the Venom of Trimeresurus flavoviridis.- 12. Structure and Function Relationship of Crotoxin, a Heterodimeric Neurotoxic Phospholipase A2 from the Venom of a South American Rattlesnake.- 13. Atroxase—A Fibrinolytic Enzyme Isolated from the Venom of Western Diamondback Rattlesnake: Isolation, Characterization and Cloning.- 14. Isolation of a Novel Lectin from the Globiferous Pedicellariae of the Sea Urchin Toxopneustes pileolus.- 15. Indian Catfish (Plotosus canius, Hamilton) Venom: Occurrence of Lethal Protein Toxin (Toxin-PC).- 16. Neurotoxin from Black Widow Spider Venom: Structure and Function.- 17. Structural and Functional Studies of Latrodectin from the Venom of Black Widow Spider (Latrodectus tredecimguttatus).- 18. Effects of Toxic Shock Syndrome Toxin-1 and a Site-Directed Mutant, H135A, in Mice.- 19. The Relationship between Histidine Residues and Various Biological Activities of Clostridium perfringens Alpha Toxin.- Mechanism of Action.- 20. Mechanism of Action ofClostridium perfringens Enterotoxin.- 21. Binding Proteins on Synaptic Membranes for Certain Phospholipases A2 with Presynaptic Toxicity.- 22. Pyrularia Thionin: Physical Properties, Binding to Phospholipid Bilayers and Cellular Responses.- 23. The Chemistry and Biological Activities of the Natural Products AAL-Toxin and the Fumonisins.- 24. New Aspects of Amanitin and Phalloidin Poisoning.- 25. Actions of Banana Tree Extract on Smooth and Cardiac Muscles and in the Anesthetized Rat.- 26. The Early Expression of Myotoxicity and Localization of the Binding Sites of Notexin in the Soleus Muscle of the Rat: Notexin and Muscle.- 27. Fumonisin B1 Immunological Effects: The Influence of FB1 to the Early Stage of Immune Response.- 28. Biochemical Studies on the Effect of Plotosus lineatus Crude Venom (in Vivo) and Its Effect on EAC-Cells (in Vitro).- 29. Interaction of Lipopolysaccharide with the Antimicrobial Peptide “Cecropin A”.- 30. Study on the Action Mechanism of Hemorrhagin I from Agkistrodon acutus Venom.- Scientific and Medical Tools.- 31. K252a and Staurosporine Microbial Alkaloid Toxins as Prototype of Neurotropic Drugs.- 32. Structure and Experimental Uses of Arthropod Venom Proteins.- 33. Metamorphoses of a Conotoxin.- 34. Purification and Characterization of Nerve Growth Factors (NGFs) from the Snake Venoms.- 35. Snake Venoms as Probes to Study the Kinetics of Formation and Architecture of Fibrin Network Structure.- 36. Fibrolase, an Active Thrombolytic Enzyme in Arterial and Venous Thrombosis Model Systems.- Detection, Diagnostics and Therapy.- 37. Mass Spectrometric Investigations on Proteinaceous Toxins and Antibodies.- 38. Detection of the Staphylococcal Toxins.- 39. Detection and Identification of Clostridium botulinum Neurotoxins.- 40. Detection ofBotulinum Neurotoxins Using Optical Fiber-Based Biosensor.- 41. Comparative Studies of Antisera against Different Toxins.- 42. New Approaches in Antivenom Therapy.- 43. Distribution of Domoic Acid in Seaweeds Occurring in Kagoshima, Southern Japan.