Biology and Ecology of Venomous Marine Snails

Ramasamy Santhanam (Autor)

Buch | Hardcover

408 Seiten

2016
Apple Academic Press Inc. (Verlag)
978-1-77188-330-6 (ISBN)

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The first comprehensive volume exclusively on marine cone snails, this book provides descriptions of over 100 species of hazardous marine snails along with their biological and ecological characteristics; the characteristics of conotoxins; information on cone snail injuries and their treatment along with prevention measures; and the therapeutic and medicinal value of conotoxins, including as a powerful nonaddictive painkiller, an epilepsy drug, and more. Over 275 color illustrations accompany the text for easy identification.

Santhanam, Ramasamy||

Preface. Introduction. Biology and Ecology of Venomous Marine Snails. Profile of Venomous Marine Snails. Conotoxins. Envenomation of Cone Snails. Therapeutic Uses of Cone Snail Venoms. Index.

Erscheinungsdatum	27.10.2016
Reihe/Serie	Biology and Ecology of Marine Life
Zusatzinfo	310 Illustrations, black and white
Verlagsort	Oakville
Sprache	englisch
Maße	152 x 229 mm
Gewicht	703 g
Themenwelt	Naturwissenschaften ► Biologie ► Limnologie / Meeresbiologie
	Naturwissenschaften ► Biologie ► Zoologie
	Veterinärmedizin
	Weitere Fachgebiete ► Land- / Forstwirtschaft / Fischerei
ISBN-10	1-77188-330-8 / 1771883308
ISBN-13	978-1-77188-330-6 / 9781771883306
Zustand	Neuware