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Arthropod Venoms

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  • © 1978

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Editors:
  1. Sergio Bettini

    1. Istituto Superiore di Sanità, Rome, Italy

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Part of the book series: Handbook of Experimental Pharmacology (HEP, volume 48)

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Table of contents (26 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages I-XXXIII
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  2. Introduction to Venomous Arthropod Systematics

    • P. M. Brignoli
    Pages 1-12

  3. Venoms of Crustacea and Merostomata

    • Y. Hashimoto, S. Konosu
    Pages 13-39

  4. Defensive Secretions of Millipeds

    • T. Eisner, D. Alsop, K. Hicks, J. Meinwald
    Pages 41-72

  5. Secretions of Centipedes

    • A. Minelli
    Pages 73-85

  6. Secretions of Opilionids, Whip Scorpions and Pseudoscorpions

    • T. Eisner, D. Alsop, J. Meinwald
    Pages 87-99

  7. Review of the Spider Families, with Notes on the Lesser-Known Poisonous Forms

    • S. Bettini, P. M. Brignoli
    Pages 101-120

  8. Venoms of Dipluridae

    • M. R. Gray, S. K. Sutherland
    Pages 121-148

  9. Venoms of Theridiidae, Genus Latrodectus

    • S. Bettini, M. Maroli, Z. Maretić
    Pages 149-212

  10. Venoms of Theridiidae, Genus Steatoda

    • Z. Maretić
    Pages 213-216

  11. Venoms of Ctenidae

    • S. Schenberg, F. A. Pereira Lima
    Pages 217-245

  12. Venoms of Scytodidae. Genus Loxosceles

    • H. Schenone, G. Suarez
    Pages 247-275

  13. The Genus Centruroides (Buthidae) and Its Venom

    • H. L. Stahnke
    Pages 277-307

  14. Venoms of Buthinae

    • A. Shulov, G. Levy, P. Efrati, E. Zlotkin, F. Miranda, H. Rochat
    Pages 309-369

  15. Venoms of Tityinae

    • W. Bücherl, C. R. Diniz
    Pages 371-394

  16. Chactoid Venoms

    • M. Goyffon, J. Kovoor
    Pages 395-418

  17. Tick Paralysis

    • M. F. Murnaghan, F. J. O’Rourke
    Pages 419-464

  18. Toxins of Blattaria

    • L. M. Roth, D. W. Alsop
    Pages 465-487

  19. Venoms of Rhyncota (Hemiptera)

    • J. Weatherston, J. E. Percy
    Pages 489-509

  20. Venoms of Coleoptera

    • J. Weatherston, J. E. Percy
    Pages 511-554
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About this book

Arthropod venoms have received much attention and have played an important role in folklore and medicine since ancient times. Scorpion envenomation, "tarant­ ism," bee and wasp stings are among those subjects about which most has been speculated and written in the past. In the last 50 years or so, a great number of scientific papers have been devoted to arthropod venoms, but only a few volumes have been designed to collect this rapidly increasing material, and these are not recent. Of late, the chemistry and mode of action of several arthropod venoms have been thoroughly studied, and some of these substances will probably be used as pharmacological tools and also as therapeutic agents. The aim of the present volume is to collect in manual form new information as well as the old notions on arthropod venoms. Even though it was our intention to present a volume on arthropod venoms, and not on venomous arthropods, inevitably we were forced to include information on venom-producing organisms as well. We assumed, in fact, that those scientists for whom the present manual is primarily intended (biochemists, particularly com­ parative biochemists, and pharmacologists) should be familiar with the biologic elements concerning the venom-producing species; which should show them how important it is to operate in close collaboration with biologists specialized in venomous arthropod systematics and biology.

Editors and Affiliations

  • Istituto Superiore di Sanità, Rome, Italy

    Sergio Bettini

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Arthropod Venoms

  • Editors: Sergio Bettini

  • Series Title: Handbook of Experimental Pharmacology

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-45501-8

  • Publisher: Springer Berlin, Heidelberg

  • eBook Packages: Springer Book Archive

  • Copyright Information: Springer-Verlag Berlin/Heidelberg 1978

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-3-642-45503-2Published: 23 March 2012

  • eBook ISBN: 978-3-642-45501-8Published: 13 March 2013

  • Series ISSN: 0171-2004

  • Series E-ISSN: 1865-0325

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XXXIII, 977

  • Topics: Medicine/Public Health, general, Pharmacy

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