Phycotoxins : Chemistry and Biochemistry.
Title:
Phycotoxins : Chemistry and Biochemistry.
Author:
Botana, Luis M.
ISBN:
9780470276587
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Edition:
1st ed.
Physical Description:
1 online resource (364 pages)
Contents:
Phycotoxins: Chemistry and Biochemistry -- Contents -- Preface -- Contributors -- 1. Gambierol -- 2. Brevetoxins: Structure, Toxicology, and Origin -- 3. Chemistry of Maitotoxin -- 4. Biochemistry of Maitotoxin -- 5. Chemistry of Palytoxins and Ostreocins -- 6. Biochemistry of Palytoxins and Ostreocins -- 7. Chemistry of Cyanobacterial Neurotoxins-Anatoxin-a: Synthetic Approaches -- 8. Anatoxin-a and Analogues: Discovery, Distribution, and Toxicology -- 9. Pectenotoxins -- 10. Chemistry, Origins, and Distribution of Yessotoxin and Its Analogues -- 11. Pharmacology of Yessotoxin -- 12. Chemistry of Diarrhetic Shellfish Poisoning Toxins -- 13. The Molecular and Integrative Basis to Domoic Acid Toxicity -- 14. Hepatotoxic Cyanobacteria -- 15. Polycavernosides -- 16. Structural Assignment and Total Synthesis of Azaspiracid-1 -- 17. Biochemistry of Azaspiracid Poisoning Toxins -- 18. Cyclic Imines: An Insight into this Emerging Group of Bioactive Marine Toxins -- Index.
Abstract:
Editor: Dr. Luis M Botana is professor of Pharmacology, University of Santiago de Compostela, Spain. His group is a world leader in the development of new methods to monitor the presence of phycotoxins, having developed methods to date for saxitoxins, yessotoxin, pectenotoxin, ciguatoxins, brevetoxins, okadaic acid and dinophysistoxins Dr. Botana is the editor of Seafood and Freshwater Toxins: Pharmacology, Physiology and Detection, to date the only comprehensive reference book entirely devoted to marine toxins.
Local Note:
Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2017. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.
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