Index page for: Seafood and Freshwater Toxins: Pharmacology, Physiology, and Detection, Second Edition

Table of Contents Introduction. General Considerations. The Epidemiological Impact of Toxic Episodes. Diversity of Toxins as Pharmacological Tools. Paralytic Shellfish Poisoning (PSP). Enteric Toxic Episodes. Non-Diarrheic Lipophyllic Toxins. Amnesic Toxic Episodes. Non-PSP Neurotoxic Episodes. Palytoxin, Ostreocin, Ovatatoxin. Pfiesteria Toxins. Azaspiracids. Cyanobacterial Toxins. New and Recent Toxins. Toxins as a Starting Point to Drugs. Economical Considerations About Toxic Episodes. Toxin Monitoring Programs and Technologies. Legal Situation of the Monitoring Process. International Validation of New Methods for the Detection of Toxins.