Seafood and Freshwater Toxins: Pharmacology, Physiology, and Detection

ISBN-13: 9780367378806 / Angielski / Miękka / 2019 / 1215 str.

Luis M. Botana

Opis

Offering a complete reference guide, this book addresses all aspects of the social and scientific influence of phytotoxins, from legislation and monitoring to new drug development. With 35 new chapters covering a range of new topics, the third edition examines three main aspects: monitoring of toxins; chemical, mechanistic, and toxicological diversity; and detection technologies. Useful for experts and non-experts alike, this reference brings an understanding of the state of the art in the methodology and science of aquatic toxins.

Spis treści

> Part I General Considerations. Part II Impact. Part III Technology. Part IV Cyanobacterial Toxins. Part V Marine Neurotoxins. Part VI Cyanobacterial Toxins. Part VII Toxins as Drugs.

O autorze

Luis M. Botana is a full professor of pharmacology at the University of Santiago de Compostela Spain. His group is a world reference in research on marine toxins, their toxicity, methodological detection, and mechanism of action. Dr. Botana has published more than 200 international papers, 30 doctoral theses, 25 patents, and several international projects in the field (PharmaSea, Pharmatlantic, Atlantox, Biocop, Detectox, Conffidence, Ciguatools, Beads, µAqua, Aptafood, and Bammbo).