Poisons, toxungens, and venoms: Redefining and classifying toxic biological secretions and the organisms that employ them

Biological Reviews

Volumn 89, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 450-465

  Nelsen, David R ^a   Nisani, Zia ^a,b   Cooper, Allen M ^a   Fox, Gerad A ^a   Gren, Eric C K ^a   Corbit, Aaron G ^a   Hayes, William K ^a  

^a LOMA LINDA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b Department of Biological and Environmental Sciences   (United States)

Author keywords

Classification; Definition; Poison; Toxin; Toxungen; Venom

Indexed keywords

ANEMONE; ANURA;

POISON; TOXIN; VENOM;

ANIMAL; CHEMISTRY; CLASSIFICATION; METABOLISM; NOMENCLATURE;

ANIMALS; POISONS; TERMINOLOGY AS TOPIC; TOXINS, BIOLOGICAL; VENOMS;

EID: 84898419131     PISSN: 14647931     EISSN: 1469185X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/brv.12062     Document Type: Article

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