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. AtroxaseA 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. Language: English