Search Results - "Journal of toxicology. Toxin reviews"

PUFFER POISONING: EPIDEMIOLOGY AND TREATMENT by Noguchi, Tamao, Ebesu, Joanne S. M.

“…Tetrodotoxin (TTX) intoxication resulting from the ingestion of toxic puffer is relatively common in a number of Asian countries. In Japan, 100 annual human…”
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Costs of Mycotoxin Management to the USA: Management of Aflatoxins in the United States by Robens, Jane, Cardwell, Kitty

“…Mycotoxin losses and costs of mycotoxin management are overlapping areas of concern. Costs of mycotoxin management include research production practices,…”
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Ecology and Population Biology of Aflatoxigenic Fungi in Soil by Horn, Bruce W

“…Soil serves as a reservoir for Aspergillus flavus and A. parasiticus, fungi that produce carcinogenic aflatoxins in agricultural commodities. Populations in…”
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DISTRIBUTION AND ORIGIN OF TETRODOTOXIN by Miyazawa, Keisuke, Noguchi, Tamao

“…Among the marine toxins relevant for human intoxication, tetrodo-toxin (TTX) has been known as one of the most prejudicial. Puffer fish were originally thought…”
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Current Research on Reducing Pre- and Post-harvest Aflatoxin Contamination of U.S. Almond, Pistachio, and Walnut by Campbell, Bruce C, Molyneux, Russell J, Schatzki, Thomas F

“…Aflatoxins are considered to be potent carcinogens and teratogens to humans and farm animals. A variety of species of the fungal genus Aspergillus (mainly A…”
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Controlling Aflatoxin and Fumonisin in Maize by Crop Management by Bruns, H. Arnold

“…Maize is a vital food and feed grain worldwide. Aflatoxin and fumonisin, mycotoxins produced primarily by the fungi Aspergillus flavus and Aspergillus…”
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Aflatoxin and Food Safety: Recent African Perspectives by Shephard, Gordon S.

“…The issue of food safety in Africa is one which interacts with and is frequently subjugate to issues of food security, especially in geographic areas where…”
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BIOCHEMISTRY AND PHARMACOLOGY OF COLUBRID SNAKE VENOMS by Mackessy, Stephen P.

“…The polyphyletic family Colubridae contains approximately two-thirds of the described species of advanced snakes, and nearly half of these (∼700 species)…”
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Unlocking the Secrets Behind Secondary Metabolism: A Review of Aspergillus flavus from Pathogenicity to Functional Genomics by Scheidegger, K. A., Payne, G. A.

“…Aspergillus flavus has received a considerable amount of attention due to its ability to produce aflatoxin, a secondary metabolite that is both…”
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Biological Control of Aflatoxin Contamination of Crops by Dorner, Joe W

“…Aflatoxin contamination of crops compromises the safety of food and feed supplies and causes significant economic losses each year. Of the many research…”
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Worldwide Regulations on Aflatoxins-The Situation in 2002 by van Egmond, Hans P., Jonker, Marco A.

“…Regulations have been established in many countries to protect the consumer from the harmful effects of mycotoxins. Current regulations mostly concern the…”
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PHARMACOLOGY OF TETRODOTOXIN by Narahashi, Toshio

“…Tetrodotoxin (TTX) is a potent neurotoxin originally found in the ovary and liver of puffer fish. It has now become abundantly clear that TTX is not…”
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Effectiveness of Snake Antivenom: Species and Regional Venom Variation and Its Clinical Impact by Fry, Bryan G., Winkel, Kenneth D., Wickramaratna, Janith C., Hodgson, Wayne C., Wüster, Wolfgang

“…The ubiquity of venom variation in snakes poses special problems for the manufacture of antivenom and has undermined the commercial attractiveness of this…”
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Cultural Methods for Aflatoxin Detection by Abbas, Hamed K., Shier, W. T., Horn, B. W., Weaver, M. A.

“…Aflatoxins present important food safely problems in both developed and developing countries. Contamination is monitored in developed countries using…”
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COLUBROID SYSTEMATICS: EVIDENCE FOR AN EARLY APPEARANCE OF THE VENOM APPARATUS FOLLOWED BY EXTENSIVE EVOLUTIONARY TINKERING by Vidal, Nicolas

“…Colubroids or advanced snakes form a monophyletic group comprising four families: Atractaspididae (11 genera, 70 species), "Colubridae" (300 genera, 1850…”
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Emerging Technologies for Mycotoxin Detection by Maragos, Chris M

“…The history of the development of analytical methods for detecting fungal toxins is rich and varied. Method development has followed a process somewhat akin to…”
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Insect management to facilitate preharvest mycotoxin management by Dowd, Patrick F

“…Many species of insects can facilitate the entry of mycotoxin-producing fungi to commodities such as cotton seed, maize, peanuts, and tree nuts. The mycotoxins…”
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Functional Anatomy of Scorpion Toxins Affecting Sodium Channels by Gordon, Dalia, Savarin, Philippe, Gurevitz, Michael, Zinn-Justin, Sophie

“…Long chain scorpion toxins (made of 60 to 70 amino acids) acting on voltage-gated sodium channels in excitable cells are responsible for human envenomation,…”
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The Economic Impact of Bt Corn Resulting from Mycotoxin Reduction by Wu, Felicia, Miller, J. David, Casman, Elizabeth A.

“…The insecticidal proteins in genetically modified hybrid Bt corn (Zea mays spp.) reduce insect damage, which in turn can reduce infection of the grain by…”
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Risk of Exposure to and Mitigation of Effect of Aflatoxin on Human Health: A West African Example by Cardwell, Kitty F., Henry, Sara H.

“…The purpose of this chapter is to examine the relative risk of exposure of different human populations to food-borne aflatoxins; the types of health impact…”
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