Ebook: Microbial Toxins in Foods and Feeds: Cellular and Molecular Modes of Action

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Content:
Front Matter....Pages i-xvii
UJNR Panel on Toxic Microorganisms....Pages 1-15
Front Matter....Pages 17-17
Overview Of Bacterial Toxins with a Nonreductionist Approach to the Mode of Action of Botulinal Neurotoxin....Pages 19-36
ADP-Ribosylation of Actin by Clostridial Toxins....Pages 37-44
Characterization of 50-Kilobase Plasmid of Salmonella Choleraesuis Strain AH1-S44....Pages 45-56
Primary Structure and Conformation of Clostridium Botulinum Neurotoxin....Pages 57-64
The Escherichia Coli/Vibrio Cholerae Family Of Enterotoxins....Pages 65-73
Structure and Function of Clostridium Botulinum Derivative Toxin Analyzed with Monoclonal Antibodies....Pages 75-89
Rapid Method for Detection of Pathogenic Yersinia Enterocolitica and Yersinia Pseudotuberculosis Using Enzyme Immunoassay....Pages 91-102
Molecular Structure and Biological Activities of Clostridium Botulinum C2 Toxin....Pages 103-110
Genetic Studies on Vibrio Fluvialis and its Enterotoxins....Pages 111-118
Molecular Structure of Clostridium Botulinum Progenitor Toxins....Pages 119-126
Purification and Characterization of Bacillus Cereus Enterotoxin and its Application to Diagnosis....Pages 127-129
Mode of Action of Shiga and Shiga-Like Toxins....Pages 131-135
Structure and Function of Clostridium Perfringens Enterotoxin....Pages 137-143
Front Matter....Pages 145-157
Biochemical Characteristics and Actions of Toxins from Clostridium Difficile Isolated From Antibiotic Associated Diarrhea in Japan....Pages 159-171
Front Matter....Pages 173-180
Mycotoxins and Mycotoxicoses: Overview....Pages 181-193
Interaction of T-2 Toxin with Cell Membranes....Pages 195-201
Biotransformation as a Determinant of Species Susceptibility to Aflatoxin B1: In Vitro Studies in Rats, Mouse, Monkey, and Human Liver....Pages 203-212
The GABA Receptor and the Action of Tremorgenic Mycotoxins....Pages 17-17
Application of Macromolecular Synthesis Measurements in Mycotoxin Toxicity Studies....Pages 213-223
Use of Aflatoxin-DNA and Protein Adducts for Human Dosimetry....Pages 225-238
Analysis of Aflatoxin B1 - DNA Adducts....Pages 239-245
Production and Characterization of a Monoclonal Antibody to Tetraacetylnivalenol....Pages 247-247
Interaction of Aflatoxin B1 within Specific Gene Sequences....Pages 249-259
Immunologic in Vivo Detection of Aflatoxin B1 - DNA Adducts in Rats and Rainbow Trout....Pages 261-274
The Mode of Action of Anthraquinone Mycotoxins on ATP Synthesis in Mitochondria....Pages 275-290
Subcellular Distribution and Macromolecular Binding of Aflatoxin in Fetal and Neonatal Rat Liver....Pages 291-295
The Immunosuppressive Action of Gliotoxin and Related Epipolythiodioxopipderazines....Pages 297-324
Selective Antitumor Activity of T-2 Toxin-Antibody Conjugates....Pages 325-334
Effects of Cyclopiazonic Acid: Guinea Pig Skeletal Muscle....Pages 335-341
Immunoglobulin a Nephropathy as a Manifestation of Vomitoxin (Deoxynivalenol) Immunotoxicity....Pages 343-347
Front Matter....Pages 349-362
Combined Cyclopiazonic Acid and Aflatoxin B1 Effects on Serum Bacteriostasis, Complement Activity, Glycocholic Acid, and Enzymes and Histopathologic Changes in Guinea Pigs....Pages 363-367
Mycotoxin-Induced Alterations in Ion Transport Across Cell Membranes....Pages 369-375
Biotransformation of Trichothecenes: The Role of Intestinal Microflora in the Metabolism and Toxicity of Trichothecene Mycotoxins....Pages 377-387
Selective Effects of T-2 Toxin and Ochratoxin a on Immune Functions....Pages 389-393
Emestrin, a New Mycotoxin, Introduced Injuries in Various Organs of Mice....Pages 395-402
The Molecular Mechanism of Toxicity of Gliotoxin and Related Epipolythiodioxopiperazines....Pages 403-409
Front Matter....Pages 411-425
Algal Toxins: General Overview....Pages 427-440
The Polyether Brevetoxins and Site Five of the Voltage-Sensitive Sodium Channel....Pages 247-247
Cellular Mechanisms of Action for Freshwater Cyanobacteria (Blue-Green Algae) Toxins....Pages 441-449
New Aspects of Tetrodotoxin....Pages 451-465
Polyether Toxins Implicated in Ciguatera and Seafood Poisoning....Pages 467-481
The Cellular Mechanism of Action of Maitotoxin and Ciguatoxin....Pages 483-488
Recent Progress in the Chemistry and Toxicology of Paralytic Shellfish Poisoning....Pages 489-495
Back Matter....Pages 497-504
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