Haemolytic activity and characterization of nematocyst venom from Pelagia noctiluca (Cnidaria: Scyphozoa) [PDF]
, 2013 We investigated the haemolytic capacity of the crude venom extracted from isolated nematocysts of Pelagia noctiluca (Cnidaria: Scyphozoa), and evidenced the proteic fractions responsible for this activity.
BENENATI, Gigliola +9 more
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Transcriptome and venom proteome of the box jellyfish Chironex fleckeri [PDF]
, 2015 Background: The box jellyfish, Chironex fleckeri, is the largest and most dangerous cubozoan jellyfish to humans. It produces potent and rapid-acting venom and its sting causes severe localized and systemic effects that are potentially life-threatening ...
Brinkman, Diane L. +6 more
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Heated Debates: Hot-Water Immersion or Ice Packs as First Aid for Cnidarian Envenomations?
Toxins, 2016 Cnidarian envenomations are an important public health problem, responsible for more deaths than shark attacks annually. For this reason, optimization of first-aid care is essential.
Christie L. Wilcox, Angel A. Yanagihara
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KEGG orthology-based annotation of the predicted proteome of Acropora digitifera: ZoophyteBase - an open access and searchable database of a coral genome [PDF]
, 2013 BACKGROUND: Contemporary coral reef research has firmly established that a genomic approach is urgently needed to better understand the effects of anthropogenic environmental stress and global climate change on coral holobiont interactions.
Antonio Starcevic +9 more
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Toxins in Drug Discovery and Pharmacology
Toxins, 2018 Venoms from marine and terrestrial animals (cone snails, scorpions, spiders, snakes, centipedes, cnidarian, etc.) can be seen as an untapped cocktail of biologically active compounds, being increasingly recognized as a new emerging source of peptide ...
Steve Peigneur, Jan Tytgat
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Marine Drugs, 2022 Myxozoa is a speciose group of endoparasitic cnidarians that can cause severe ecological and economic effects. Their cnidarian affinity is affirmed by genetic relatedness and the presence of nematocysts, historically called “polar capsules”.
Bin Xiao +3 more
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Marine Drugs, 2008 The toxicity of Cnidaria is a subject of concern due to its influence on humans. In particular, jellyfish blooms can highly affect human economical activities, such as bathing, fishery, tourism, etc., as well as the public health.
Luigi Pane +2 more
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Localization of Multiple Jellyfish Toxins Shows Specificity for Functionally Distinct Polyps and Nematocyst Types in a Colonial Hydrozoan [PDF]
, 2023 Hydractinia symbiolongicarpus is a colonial hydrozoan that displays a division of labor through morphologically distinct and functionally specialized polyp types.
Cartwright, Paulyn +2 more
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Friends or Foes? Emerging Impacts of Biological Toxins [PDF]
, 2019 Toxins are substances produced from biological sources (e.g., animal, plants, microorganisms) that have deleterious effects on a living organism. Despite the obvious health concerns of being exposed to toxins, they are having substantial positive impacts
Casewell, N.R. +6 more
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Natural Compounds and Drug Discovery: Can Cnidarian Venom Play a Role?
Central Nervous System Agents in Medicinal Chemistry, 2019 Natural compounds extracted from organisms and microorganisms are an important resource for the development of drugs and bioactive molecules. Many such compounds have made valuable contributions in diverse fields such as human health, pharmaceutics and industrial applications.
Mariottini, Gian Luigi +1 more
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