ABSTRACT
A decade after publication of the first edition, Handbook of Venoms and Toxins of Reptiles responds to extensive changes in the field of toxinology to endure as the most comprehensive review of reptile venoms on the market. The six sections of this new edition, which has nearly doubled in size, complement the original handbook by presenting current information from many of the leading researchers and physicians in toxinology, with topics ranging from functional morphology, evolution and ecology to crystallography, -omics technologies, drug discovery and more. With the recent recognition by the World Health Organization of snakebite as a neglected tropical disease, the section on snakebite has been expanded and includes several chapters dealing with the problem broadly and with new technologies and the promises these new approaches may hold to counter the deleterious effects of envenomation.
This greatly expanded handbook offers a unique resource for biologists, biochemists, toxicologists, physicians, clinicians, and epidemiologists, as well as informed laypersons interested in the biology of venomous reptiles, the biochemistry and molecular biology of venoms, and the effects and treatment of human envenomation.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
section Section I|96 pages
Introduction and Technologies Used in Toxinology
section Section II|78 pages
Venom Gland Structure, Systematics and Ecology
section Section III|174 pages
Reptile Venom Non-Enzymatic Toxins
section Section IV|120 pages
Reptile Venom Enzyme Toxins
chapter 25|8 pages
Snake Venom Matrix Metalloproteinases (svMMPs)
section Section V|152 pages
Global Approaches to Envenomations and Treatments
chapter 31|14 pages
Snakebite Envenomation as a Neglected Tropical Disease
chapter 36|16 pages
Snakebite Envenomation in Central America
section Section VI|32 pages
Reptile Venoms – Production and as a Source of Therapeutics