Marine Pharmacognosy

List of Contributors

Preface

Chapter I Marine Bioactive Agents: Chemical and Cellular Correlates

I. Introduction

II. Major Characteristics

III. Chemical and Cellular Correlates

IV. Conclusions

References

Chapter II Biochemistry of Nemertine Toxins

I. Introduction

II. Materials and Methods

III. Hoplonemertine Toxins

IV. Heteronemertine Toxins

V. Tissue and Species Distributions of Nemertine Toxins

VI. Discussion

VII. Conclusions

References

Chapter III Effects of Toxin from the Blue-Ringed Octopus(Hapalochlaena maculosa)

I. Introduction

II. Methods

III. Results

IV. Discussion

References

Chapter IV Mode of Action of Nereistoxin on Excitable Tissues

I. Introduction

II. Methods

III. Results

IV. Discussion

References

Chapter V Comparative Studies on Algal Toxins

I. Introduction

II. Experimental Procedure and Discussion

III. Concluding Remarks

References

Chapter VI The Effects of Gymnodinium breve Toxin on Estuarine Animals

I. Introduction

II. Experimental Procedure

III. Discussion

References

Chapter VII Choline and Related Substances in Algae

I. Introduction

II. Experimental Procedures

III. Discussion

References

Chapter VIII Pharmacognosy and Mode of Action of Prymnesin

I. Introduction

II. Requirements for Growth and Toxin Production

III. Purification of Prymnesin

IV. The Hemolytic Effect

V. Effect on Smooth Muscle

VI. Effects on the Central Nervous System

VII. Effects on the Neuromuscular Junction

VIII. Effects on Heart Muscle

IX. Cytotoxic Effects

X. Inactivation of Prymnesin

XI. The Relation between Structure and Activity

References

Chapter IX Interactions of Prymnesin with Erythrocyte Membranes

I. Introduction

II. Methodology

III. Results

IV. Concluding Remarks

References

Author Index

Subject Index