Natural Toxins 2 Structure, Mechanism of Action, and Detection

From beach encounters, aquaculture perils, and processed-food poisoning to snake bites and biological warfare, natural toxins seem never to be far from the public's sight. A better understanding of toxins in terms of their origin, structure, structure-fun

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ADVANCES IN EXPERIMENTAL MEDICINE AND BIOLOGY Editorial Board: NATHAN BACK, State University of New York at Buffalo IRUN R. COHEN, The Weizmann Institute of Science DA VID KRITCHEVSKY, Wistar Institute ABEL LAJTHA, N. S. Kline Institute for Psychiatric Research RODOLFO PAOLETTI, University of Milan

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NATURAL TOXINS 2 Structure, Mechanism of Action, and Detection Edited by

Bal Ram Singh University of Massachusetts, Dartmouth North Dartmouth, Massachusetts

and

Anthony T. Tu Colorado State University Fort Collins, Colorado

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Library of Congress Cataloging in Publication Data Natural toxins 2: structure, mechanism of action, and detection / edited by Bal Ram Singh and Anthony T. Tu. p. cm.-{Advances in experimental medicine and biology; v. 391) "Proceedings of an American Chemical Society Symposium on Natural Thxins, held April 2-7, 1995, in Anaheim, California"-T.p. verso. Includes bibli02l'aohical references and index. ISBN-13 :978-1-4613-80 16-0

1. Toxins-Congresses. I. Singh, B. R. (Bal Ram), 1958III. American Chemical Society. Iv. Series. QP631.N383 1996 615.9'5--dc20

. II. Th, Anthony T., 193G96-3810 CIP

Proceedings of an American Chemical Society Symposium on Natural Toxins, held April 2 - 7, 1995, in Anaheim, California ISBN-13:978-1-4613-8016-0

e-ISBN-13: 978-1-46\3-0361-9

001: 10.1007/978-1-46\3-0361-9

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