A toxin is a naturally occurring organic[dubious – discuss] poison produced by metabolic activities of living cells or organisms. They occur especially...

is a type of toxin produced by an animal that is actively delivered through a wound by means of a bite, sting, or similar action. The toxin is delivered...

while the other types cause disease in other animals. Botulinum toxins are among the most potent toxins known to science. Intoxication can occur naturally...

Botulism is a rare and potentially fatal illness caused by a toxin produced by the bacterium Clostridium botulinum. The disease begins with weakness,...

trabectedin are based on toxins or other molecules of animal origin. People have used hunting dogs to help chase down and retrieve animals, and birds of prey...

Microbial toxins are toxins produced by micro-organisms, including bacteria, fungi, protozoa, dinoflagellates, and viruses. Many microbial toxins promote...

Scorpion toxins are proteins found in the venom of scorpions. Their toxic effect may be mammal- or insect-specific and acts by binding with varying degrees...

Numerous animal species naturally produce chemical toxins which are used to kill or incapacitate prey or as a defense against predators. Venomous animals actively...

ability to neutralize a specific toxin. Antitoxins are produced by certain animals, plants, and bacteria in response to toxin exposure. Although they are most...

Neurotoxins are toxins that are destructive to nerve tissue (causing neurotoxicity). Neurotoxins are an extensive class of exogenous chemical neurological...

humans and other animals. C. tetani also produces the exotoxin tetanolysin, a hemolysin, that causes destruction of tissues. Tetanus toxin spreads through...

body fluid of one or more biological toxins that is transferred by one animal to the external surface of another animal via a physical delivery mechanism...

The following is a list of poisonous animals, which are animals that passively deliver toxins (called poison) to their victims upon contact such as through...

Anthrax toxin allows the bacteria to evade the immune system, proliferate, and ultimately kill the host animal. Research on anthrax toxin also provides...

Shiga toxins are a family of related toxins with two major groups, Stx1 and Stx2, expressed by genes considered to be part of the genome of lambdoid prophages...

Look up venom in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Venom is a class of animal toxins. Venom may also refer to: Venom (character), a symbiotic alien-life...

of these species carry the toxin. Although tetrodotoxin was discovered in these fish, it is found in several other animals (e.g., in blue-ringed octopuses...

found in animals and humans include death, identifiable diseases or health problems, weakened immune systems without specificity to a toxin, and as allergens...

RY-sin) is a lectin (a carbohydrate-binding protein) and a highly potent toxin produced in the seeds of the castor oil plant, Ricinus communis. The median...

produce the toxin. Botulinum toxin can cause botulism, a severe flaccid paralytic disease in humans and other animals, and is the most potent toxin known to...

Cholera toxin (also known as choleragen and sometimes abbreviated to CTX, Ctx or CT) is an AB5 multimeric protein complex secreted by the bacterium Vibrio...

agents and toxins are considered to "have the potential to pose a severe threat to both human and animal health, to plant health, or to animal and plant...

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for this toxin, but effective vaccines for animals exist. Iota toxin (ITX) is a protein produced by type E strains of C. perfringens. Iota toxins are made...

University of Chicago he co-invented the designer toxin technology, which creates a large number of animal toxin variants and screens for those that bind to...

2022). "Paracelsus' legacy in the faunal realm: Drugs deriving from animal toxins". Drug Discovery Today. 27 (2): 567–575. doi:10.1016/j.drudis.2021.10...

newt (Taricha granulosa) is a North American newt known for the strong toxin exuded from its skin. A stocky newt with rounded snout, it ranges from light...

the neurogenic inflammation that typically occurs in other animal toxins. This scorpion toxin was named WaTx because it targets TRPA1 in a similar fashion...

European Uremic Toxins (EUTox) Work Group are affiliated with Toxins. The journal covers toxinology and all kinds of toxins (biotoxins) from animals, microbes...

people who work with animals or animal products, and military personnel. Diagnosis can be confirmed by finding antibodies or the toxin in the blood or by...