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Marine and Freshwater Toxins (Hardcover, 1st ed. 2016)
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Marine and Freshwater Toxins (Hardcover, 1st ed. 2016)
Series: Toxinology
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This book presents the structure of the main toxins of aquatic
origin, their distribution, producing species and vectors, their
mechanisms of action, the clinical aspects of envenomation in
humans, their effects in laboratory or wild animals, their
toxicokinetic properties, including the relevant treatment,
detection methods and regulatory aspects for management. The work
also presents the main species associated with the injuries,
poisonings their toxins, mechanism of action and the clinical
aspects of the envenomations by aquatic animals and discusses the
actual measures utilized in the first aid and hospital treatments.
Marine toxins such as palytoxins, brevetoxins, saxitoxin,
ciguatoxins, okadaic acid, azaspiracid toxins, equinatoxins are
also dealt with in this volume. These toxins can be lethal as well
as having a complex and large molecular structure and display
mechanisms by which they act very specifically on targets,
receptors or on critical body proteins. The marine and freshwater
environments are the new frontiers of humanity, but the increase of
economic and tourist activities provoke nasty encounters between
aquatic animals and humans. The main victims are swimmers,
professional and sportive fishermen, surfers and scuba divers as
well as people working in related fields. The identification,
knowledge and treatment of envenomations caused by venomous and
poisonous animals are not adequate and the prevention of injuries
still is not possible. Additionally, the immense potential of the
pharmacologic effects of their toxins is not fully explored. Toxins
of venomous aquatic animals can cause proteolysis, myotoxicity,
hemotoxicity (mainly hemolysis), cytotoxicity and neurotoxicity.
The neurotoxicity is generally associated with toxins of
dinoflagellates and cyanobacteria, present in poisonous and/or
contaminated invertebrates and fish.
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