The marine biologist-Bob Endean

Toxicon

Volumn 48, Issue 7, 2006, Pages 768-779

  Hawgood, Barbara J ^a  

^a NONE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Bob Endean; Chironex fleckeri myotoxins; Chironex fleckeri nematocysts; Ciguatera; Conus venoms; Crown of thorns starfish (Acanthaster planci)

Indexed keywords

CERULETIDE; COELENTERATE VENOM; CONOTOXIN; FISH VENOM; MARINE TOXIN; MYCOTOXIN; MYCOTOXIN T1; NEUROTOXIN; PROTEIN; SNAIL VENOM; STONEFISH VENOM; T 2 TOXIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; UPEROLEIN; VENOM;

ARTICLE; BIOCHEMISTRY; BIOLOGY; CORAL REEF; ECOLOGY; ECOTOXICOLOGY; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; FISH; FOOD POISONING; HEMOLYSIS; HUMAN; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; NERVE FIBER MEMBRANE STEADY POTENTIAL; NERVE STIMULATION; NEUROTOXICITY; NONHUMAN; PARALYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SNAIL; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; STARFISH; STRUCTURE ACTIVITY RELATION; TOXICITY TESTING; TOXIN ANALYSIS;

ANIMALS; AUSTRALIA; HISTORY, 20TH CENTURY; MARINE BIOLOGY; MARINE TOXINS; PORTRAITS;

ACANTHASTER PLANCI; ANIMALIA; ANTHOZOA; CHIRONEX FLECKERI; CIGUATERA; CUBOZOA; GASTROPODA; MYOBATRACHIDAE; NOTESTHES ROBUSTA; SYNANCEIA;

EID: 33750934600     PISSN: 00410101     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.toxicon.2006.07.014     Document Type: Article

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