LEADER 05439nam 22006855 450 001 9910298274303321 005 20220907172237.0 010 $a94-007-5869-3 024 7 $a10.1007/978-94-007-5869-8 035 $a(CKB)3710000000343589 035 $a(Springer)9789400758698 035 $a(MH)014293403-8 035 $a(SSID)ssj0001424422 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11801988 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0001424422 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)11362638 035 $a(PQKB)10670042 035 $a(DE-He213)978-94-007-5869-8 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC5595865 035 $a(PPN)183519450 035 $a(EXLCZ)993710000000343589 100 $a20150108d2015 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurnn#---mamaa 181 $ctxt$2rdacontent 182 $cc$2rdamedia 183 $acr$2rdacarrier 200 10$aBiological toxins and bioterrorism /$feditors, P. Gopalakrishnakone [et al.] 205 $a1st edition 2015. 210 1$aNew York :$cSpringer,$d2015. 215 $a1 online resource (XXIV, 604 p. 123 illus., 95 illus. in color. eReference.)$conline resource 225 1 $aToxinology,$x2542-761X 300 $aBibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph 311 1 $a94-007-5870-7 311 1 $a94-007-5868-5 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $aAbrin and Immunoneutralization: A Review -- Abrin: A Review -- Aflatoxins -- Aptamers as Antidotes against Toxins -- Artificial Resistance using Antitoxins and Anti-venoms -- Basic Chemistry of Toxins Relevant to Vaccine, Diagnostics, and Countermeasures -- Bioactive Peptides Against Bioterror Agents -- Biological Toxin Detection: A Review -- Biology, Ecology and Evolution of Receptor-Based Toxin Resistance -- Biosecurity and Toxins -- Botulinum Toxins Antidotes -- Botulinum Toxins: A Review -- Cellular Assays for Toxins -- Challenges in Developing Inhibitors Against Toxins -- Cholera Toxin -- Counterfeit Botulinum Medical Products and Risk of Bioterrorism -- Decoy-Receptor-Like Toxin-Binding Proteins and Their Potential Role in Toxin Resistance -- Diagnostics of Botulism -- Evolutionary Traits of Toxins -- Mycotoxins -- Mycotoxins II -- Pheromones and Amphibian Biology -- Public Health Lab Response to Potential Toxin Bioterrorism -- Review on BTW: Toxins and Contemporary Bioterrorism -- Ricin as Bioweapons -- Ricin: A Review -- Toxins and Food Safety -- Toxins Detection -- Toxins of GID Relevance -- The Biology of Chemical Signals as Toxins and in Venoms. 330 $aBiological toxins are an important part of our world, a reality with which we need to cope, so in parallel with understanding their mechanisms of action and thereby improving our fundamental knowledge, there are successful efforts to utilize them as therapeutics against some debilitating human and animal diseases. In view of the complexity of different types of biotoxins and the broad range of toxin structure, physiology, utility, and countermeasures including regulatory issues, it was thus aimed to compile a book on biotoxins and bioweapons.   This reference work in the Toxinology handbook series gathers together knowledge from around the globe about naturally inspired and manufactured biological weapons. The authors describe how they work; how authorities may detect their presence, prevent their use, and diagnose their impacts; and the means by which medical and paramedical professionals may treat victims. Also described are how they have been used to further our knowledge and what insights they have given us into evolutionary and physiological processes. Finally, it is also discussed how these toxins can be used as therapeutics and what the implications of such therapeutics are to their use as biothreat agents.   This volume provides a reference accessible to scientists, educators, and medical experts alike with an interest in biotoxins, focusing on the major toxins used as bioweapons. Regulatory agencies will also bene?t from the information provided in this book. Some in the intended audience may need to understand how they elicit their effects and how we can defend ourselves against them. Others may be interested in the sometimes colorful histories that surround this subset of biotoxins that can be and, in some cases, have been used as weapons. 410 0$aToxinology,$x2542-761X 606 $aBiological monitoring 606 $aBiological warfare 606 $aBiological weapons 606 $aBioterrorism 615 0$aBiological monitoring. 615 0$aBiological warfare. 615 0$aBiological weapons. 615 0$aBioterrorism. 676 $a358.38 702 $aGopalakrishnakone$b P$4edt$4http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/edt 702 $aBalali-Mood$b Mahdi$4edt$4http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/edt 702 $aLlewellyn$b Lyndon$4edt$4http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/edt 702 $aSingh$b Bal Ram$4edt$4http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/edt 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910298274303321 996 $aBiological Toxins and Bioterrorism$92156988 997 $aUNINA 999 $aThis Record contains information from the Harvard Library Bibliographic Dataset, which is provided by the Harvard Library under its Bibliographic Dataset Use Terms and includes data made available by, among others the Library of Congress