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Reptile Venoms & Toxins
CNAH ANNOUNCEMENT
The Center for North American Herpetology
Lawrence, Kansas
http://www.cnah.org
18 September 2009
Great New Book
HANDBOOK OF VENOMS AND TOXINS OF REPTILES
by Stephen P. Mackessy
The HANDBOOK OF VENOMS AND TOXINS OF REPTILES offers “one-stop shopping” to all biologists, biochemists, toxicologists, physicians, clinicians and epidemiologists, and informed laypersons interested in the biology of venomous reptiles, the biochemistry and molecular biology of venoms, and the effects and treatment of human envenomation. This book examines the topic generally, provides an overview of the current taxonomy of these reptiles, explains the similarities and differences in the venom delivery apparatus in different groups of reptiles, reviews state-of-the-art knowledge about specific venom components and their action, and summarizes effects of envenomation and treatment in humans on different continents. Written by experts from 12 countries, the book has both a broad perspective and international relevance. Unlike previous books addressing venoms, this volume bridges several very different areas in modern biology and provides a synthesis of current knowledge about venoms and venomous reptiles. The wealth of
illustrations, including an 8 page full color insert, present a view of reptile toxinology from the whole animal to the glands producing venoms to the molecular models and the mechanisms of actions of the toxins themselves.
Date Published: July 2009
ISBN 978-0-8493-9165-1
xvi + 521 pages
$129.95
Publisher:
CRCPress/Taylor & Francis Group
6000 Broken Sound Parkway, Suite 300
Boca Raton, Florida 33487
To order, contact:
CRC Press at
1-800-272-7737
or
orders@taylorandfrancis.com
Stephen P. Mackessy. CRCPress/Taylor & Francis Group. 521 pp.
ISBN 978-0-8493-9165-1. $129.95.
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