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Mycotoxin Spectrum in Food and Feed submission deadline 30 Jun 2024 | 3 articles | Viewed by 15876 | Submission Open
Keywords: food chain; food processing; mold fungi; mycotoxins; plant products; animal products; human health; animal health
(This special issue belongs to the Section Mycotoxins)
Venom Components Acting on the Hemostatic System: Structural and Mechanistic Insights submission deadline 30 Jun 2024 | 6 articles | Viewed by 7269 | Submission Open
Keywords: hemostasis; platelet; blood clotting; structure; mechanism of action; venom proteins; venom peptides; toxins; drug development; tools for diagnosis
(This special issue belongs to the Section Animal Venoms)
Monitoring and Management of Algal and Cyanobacterial Blooms submission deadline 30 Jun 2024 | 3 articles | Viewed by 3859 | Submission Open
Keywords: management; monitoring; toxicology; analysis; cyanotoxin; water
(This special issue belongs to the Section Marine and Freshwater Toxins)
Biotoxins: Innovative Research Tools to Treat Neuropathologies and Investigate Neurophysiology—In Memory of Professor Matteo Caleo submission deadline 30 Jun 2024 | 2 articles | Viewed by 3058 | Submission Open
Keywords: clostridial neurotoxins; neuropathologies; synaptic activity; biotoxins; biotools
The Botulinum Toxin and Spasticity: Exploring New Horizons
edited by and Franco Molteni
submission deadline 30 Jun 2024 | 2 articles | Viewed by 2391 | Submission Open
Keywords: botulinum toxin; spasticity treatment; neurorehabilitation
(This special issue belongs to the Section Bacterial Toxins)
Mycotoxins Occurrence in Feed and Their Influence on Animal and Human Health submission deadline 30 Jun 2024 | 2 articles | Viewed by 1879 | Submission Open
Keywords: mycotoxins; detection; feed; food; low doses; mycotoxicosis; diagnostics; gastroenterology; endocrinology; pathology
(This special issue belongs to the Section Mycotoxins)
Toxigenic Fungi and Mycotoxins: From Toxin Biosynthesis to Toxicity Penetration
edited by and
submission deadline 30 Jun 2024 | 2 articles | Viewed by 1215 | Submission Open
Keywords: mycotoxins; fungal toxins; mycotoxigenic fungi; mycotoxin detection; mycotoxin toxicology
(This special issue belongs to the Section Mycotoxins)
Advances in Bacillus thuringiensis Toxins
edited by
submission deadline 30 Jun 2024 | Viewed by 280 | Submission Open
Keywords: toxicity; resistance; genetics; fitness costs; mechansim; cross-resistance; sub-lethal effects; agricultural and medical pests; resistance management strategies; Bacillus thuringiensis toxins
(This special issue belongs to the Section Bacterial Toxins)
Potential Risks and Analytical Challenges of Mycotoxins in Food and Feed
edited by
submission deadline 30 Jun 2024 | Viewed by 273 | Submission Open
Keywords: mycotoxins; food safety; feed safety; fungal contamination; risk assessment; analytical methods; mitigation strategies; regulatory frameworks; interdisciplinary research
(This special issue belongs to the Section Mycotoxins)
Mycotoxin Biomarker Application in Exposome-Health Studies
edited by
submission deadline 30 Jun 2024 | Viewed by 201 | Submission Open
Keywords: biomarker; mycotoxin; exposure; biological effect; decontamination
(This special issue belongs to the Section Mycotoxins)
Animal Venoms: Clinical, Epidemiological, Environmental, and Public Health Management
edited by Marcelo Larami Santoro and Maria Elisa Peichoto
submission deadline 30 Jun 2024 | Viewed by 199 | Submission Open
Keywords: envenomation; serotherapy; epidemiology; treatment; venomous animal control
(This special issue belongs to the Section Animal Venoms)
Biological and Pharmacological Properties of Botulinum Neurotoxins
edited by Zoltan Mari
submission deadline 30 Jun 2024 | Viewed by 197 | Submission Open
Keywords: botulinum neurotoxins; biochemical and physical properties; clinical applications
(This special issue belongs to the Section Bacterial Toxins)
Mycotoxin Contaminants in Feed: Current Status and What Should We Do?
edited by
submission deadline 30 Jun 2024 | Viewed by 194 | Submission Open
Keywords: mycotoxins; secondary metabolites; feed; silage; cereal grains; mycotoxin analysis; mycotoxin toxicology; cattle
(This special issue belongs to the Section Mycotoxins)
From Animal Venoms to Solutions: In Honor of Professor Lourival D. Possani on the Occasion of His 85th Birthday
edited by Elisabeth Ferroni Schwartz
submission deadline 9 Jul 2024 | 2 articles | Viewed by 2248 | Submission Open
Keywords: venom; snake; spider; scorpion; toxins; antivenom; venom prospection; anemone; conus; ant; bee; wasp; jellyfish; stingrays; lonomia; tarantula; viper
(This special issue belongs to the Section Animal Venoms)
Detoxification, Control, and Toxicological Studies on Mycotoxins through Biotechnological Approaches
edited by , and
submission deadline 15 Jul 2024 | 7 articles | Viewed by 13977 | Submission Open
Keywords: mycotoxins; mycotoxicosis; microbial detoxification; enzymatic detoxification; toxicology research; detection of mycotoxins; dietary intervention
(This special issue belongs to the Section Mycotoxins)
Immunogenicity of Botulinum Toxin submission deadline 25 Jul 2024 | 7 articles | Viewed by 14124 | Submission Open
Keywords: botulinum neurotoxin (BoNT); botulinum neurotoxin type A (BoNT/A); neutralizing antibodies; immunoresistance; primary and secondary treatment failure; antigenicity; complex protein-free BoNT/A; complex protein containing BoNT/A; therapy switching
(This special issue belongs to the Section Bacterial Toxins)
Detection, Control and Contamination of Mycotoxins (Volume II) submission deadline 31 Jul 2024 | 11 articles | Viewed by 21795 | Submission Open
Keywords: mycotoxins; sensors; liquid chromatography; gas chromatography; sample preparation; food safety; food produc-tion chain; multi-mycotoxin determination
(This special issue belongs to the Section Mycotoxins)
Pre-clinical and Clinical Management of Snakebite Envenomation
edited by and Subramanian Senthilkumaran
submission deadline 31 Jul 2024 | 6 articles | Viewed by 10632 | Submission Open
Keywords: snakebite envenomation; snakes; venoms; clinical management; clinical manifestations; diagnosis of envenomation effects; treatment for snakebite-induced complications
(This special issue belongs to the Section Animal Venoms)
New Insights into Structure and Function of Arthropod Toxins and Other Toxins: Tribute to Professor Hervé Rochat
edited by and Sandrine Cestèle
submission deadline 31 Jul 2024 | 1 articles | Viewed by 2704 | Submission Open
Keywords: peptide; venom; toxin; ion channels
(This special issue belongs to the Section Animal Venoms)
ADP-Ribosylation and Beyond
edited by
submission deadline 31 Jul 2024 | 2 articles | Viewed by 2640 | Submission Open
Keywords: canonical ADP-ribosylation; non-canonical ADP-ribosylation; ubiquitination; DNA ADP-ribosylation; ADP-riboxanation
(This special issue belongs to the Section Bacterial Toxins)
Mitigation and Detoxification Strategies of Mycotoxins
edited by and
submission deadline 31 Aug 2024 | 5 articles | Viewed by 6774 | Submission Open
Keywords: mycotoxins and their metabolites; exposure; food/feed safety; risk assessment; detoxification; metabolism; interaction; toxic effects
(This special issue belongs to the Section Mycotoxins)
Biological Activities of Ribosome Inactivating Proteins II submission deadline 31 Aug 2024 | 5 articles | Viewed by 6565 | Submission Open
Keywords: antifeedant; antifungal; antitumoral; antiviral; apoptosis; immunotoxin; ribosome-inactivating protein (RIP); rRNA N-glycosylase
(This special issue belongs to the Section Plant Toxins)
Botulinum Toxin and Migraine: Goals and Perspectives (Volume II) submission deadline 31 Aug 2024 | 4 articles | Viewed by 4033 | Submission Open
Keywords: onabotulinumtoxinA; chronic migraine; injection paradigm; mechanism of action; animal models; clinical study; case report; off-label use; new indications
(This special issue belongs to the Section Bacterial Toxins)
Foodborne Toxins and Public Health
edited by and Lucia Decastelli
submission deadline 31 Aug 2024 | 2 articles | Viewed by 3178 | Submission Open
Keywords: foodborne toxins; food safety; toxins production; method validation; quality control/quality assurance; foodborne outbreak investigation; public-health system
(This special issue belongs to the Section Bacterial Toxins)
Animal Venoms: Unraveling the Molecular Complexity (Volume II)
edited by and
submission deadline 31 Aug 2024 | Viewed by 263 | Submission Open
Keywords: venomous animal; venom; toxin; protein; peptide; receptor; ion channel; transcriptomics; proteomics; bioinformatics
(This special issue belongs to the Section Animal Venoms)
The Contribution of the Analysis and Scientific Research of Toxins on Forensic Toxinology
edited by Matteo Antonio Sacco and
submission deadline 31 Aug 2024 | Viewed by 223 | Submission Open
Keywords: mycotoxins; forensic sciences; autopsy; microbiological toxins; animal toxins; poisoning; laboratory investigations; side effects of toxins; mechanisms of action of toxins
Eco-Toxins: Exploring Biological, Ecological and Environmental Impacts submission deadline 31 Aug 2024 | Viewed by 175 | Submission Open
Keywords: toxins; chemical compositions; biological functionalities; ecological roles; environmental repercussions; interdisciplinary approach; chemistry; ecotoxicology; ecosystem dynamics; biodiversity
(This special issue belongs to the Section Marine and Freshwater Toxins)
Neurotoxicity and Health Risks of Freshwater and Marine Toxin Exposure submission deadline 31 Aug 2024 | Viewed by 88 | Submission Open
Keywords: neurotoxicity; freshwater toxins; marine toxins; anatoxins; saxitoxins; BMAA; cylindrospermopsin; domoic acid; risk assessment; analytics
(This special issue belongs to the Section Marine and Freshwater Toxins)
Snake Venom: Toxicology and Associated Countermeasures
edited by Nicholas Youngman
submission deadline 30 Sep 2024 | 3 articles | Viewed by 4470 | Submission Open
Keywords: antivenom; animal– human conflict; envenomation; pathophysiology; small-molecule therapeutics; snakebite
(This special issue belongs to the Section Animal Venoms)
Transcriptomic and Proteomic Study on Animal Venom: Looking Forward
edited by Paulo Lee Ho
submission deadline 30 Sep 2024 | 2 articles | Viewed by 1959 | Submission Open
Keywords: transcriptome; proteome; venom composition; toxin(s)
(This special issue belongs to the Section Animal Venoms)
Advances in Contamination, Detection and Risk Assessment of Mycotoxins
edited by José Diana Di Mavungu
submission deadline 30 Sep 2024 | 2 articles | Viewed by 1942 | Submission Open
Keywords: mycotoxins; detection methods; occurrence; contamination; exposure assessment; risk assessment; recent developments and applications; new challenges and trends
(This special issue belongs to the Section Mycotoxins)
Editorial Board Members' Collection Series: Contribution of Information Technologies in Marine and Freshwater Toxins Research and Regulatory Practice submission deadline 30 Sep 2024 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1355 | Submission Open
Keywords: information and communication technologies (ICTs); digital tools; social media; open data; databases; data mining; artificial intelligence; machine learning; marine toxins; freshwater toxins; harmful algal blooms (HABs)
(This special issue belongs to the Section Marine and Freshwater Toxins)
New Aspects in Clinical Characteristics and Toxicology of Animal Venom submission deadline 30 Sep 2024 | 1 articles | Viewed by 785 | Submission Open
Keywords: venomous animal; venom; envenoming; antivenom; drug; therapeutics; toxicology; pharmaceutical
(This special issue belongs to the Section Animal Venoms)
Botulinum Toxins: New Uses in the Treatment of Diseases (Volume II)
edited by
submission deadline 30 Sep 2024 | 1 articles | Viewed by 690 | Submission Open
Keywords: botulinum toxin; animal models; human diseases; clinical study; case reports; off-label use; new indications
(This special issue belongs to the Section Bacterial Toxins)
Natural Toxins Detected via Different Methods
edited by and Lei Guo
submission deadline 30 Sep 2024 | Viewed by 219 | Submission Open
Keywords: toxin; detection; immunoassay; nucleic acid; nanomaterials
Bacterial Enterotoxins: What’s New?
edited by
submission deadline 30 Sep 2024 | Viewed by 125 | Submission Open
Keywords: enterotoxin; toxin function; AB-toxins; receptors; pathogenesis; vaccine
(This special issue belongs to the Section Bacterial Toxins)
Brown Spider Venom Toxins: Biological Activities, Molecular Mechanisms, Cell Biology, Biotechnological Applications, and Targets for the Therapeutic Management of Loxoscelism
edited by Luiza Helena Gremski and
submission deadline 30 Sep 2024 | Viewed by 110 | Submission Open
Keywords: Loxosceles; brown spider; venom; phospholipase D; sphingomyelinase D; hyaluronidase; knottin; serpin; TCTP
(This special issue belongs to the Section Animal Venoms)
Advances in the Treatment of Movement Disorders with Botulinum Toxins
edited by Alexandre Kreisler and
submission deadline 30 Sep 2024 | Viewed by 102 | Submission Open
Keywords: rare forms of dystonia; common but poorly explored forms of dystonia; tremor; myoclonus; optimization of results; duration of efficacy; guidance; injection techniques; recombinant botulinum toxin
(This special issue belongs to the Section Bacterial Toxins)
Anthrax Toxin Chronicles: Celebrating 70 Years of Scientific Breakthroughs in Chemistry, Biology, and Toxicology
edited by Elizabeth A. Ambrose
submission deadline 30 Oct 2024 | Viewed by 104 | Submission Open
Keywords: anthrax; Bacillus anthracis; lethal factor; bioterrorism; antitoxins; zinc metalloprotease; edema factor; protective antigen
(This special issue belongs to the Section Bacterial Toxins)
Metabolism and Toxicology of Mycotoxins and Their Masked Forms
edited by and
submission deadline 31 Oct 2024 | 8 articles | Viewed by 12282 | Submission Open
Keywords: masked mycotoxins; metabolic transformation mechanism; toxicology; interactive effects; oxidative stress; DNA damage; cell apoptosis
(This special issue belongs to the Section Mycotoxins)
Multi Methods for Detecting Natural Toxins
edited by Svetlana V. Malysheva
submission deadline 31 Oct 2024 | 6 articles | Viewed by 6236 | Submission Open
Keywords: fungal toxins; plant toxins; bacterial toxins; marine and freshwater toxins; method development; analysis; multi-toxin methods; validation
Entomopathogenic Bacteria and Toxin: Utilization or Prevention?
edited by and Lili Geng
submission deadline 31 Oct 2024 | 1 articles | Viewed by 938 | Submission Open
Keywords: insect pathogenic bacteria; Bacillus thuringiensis toxins; insecticidal proteins
(This special issue belongs to the Section Bacterial Toxins)
New Reports of Toxigenic Cyanobacteria and Cyanotoxins in Understudied Regions submission deadline 31 Oct 2024 | Viewed by 180 | Submission Open
Keywords: cyanometabolites; cyanotoxins; thermal; benthic; islands; deserts
(This special issue belongs to the Section Marine and Freshwater Toxins)
Occurrence, Toxicity, Metabolism, Analysis and Control of Mycotoxins
edited by
submission deadline 31 Oct 2024 | Viewed by 147 | Submission Open
Keywords: mycotoxin; filamentous fungi; secondary metabolism; toxic mechanism; metabolic regulation; pathogenicity/virulence; analytical methods; detection and quantification; degradation or detoxification; control strategies
(This special issue belongs to the Section Mycotoxins)
Advances in Cyanotoxins: Latest Developments in Risk Assessment submission deadline 31 Oct 2024 | Viewed by 138 | Submission Open
Keywords: cyanotoxins; toxicokinetics; toxicity; exposure; risksWe look forward to receiving your contributions.
(This special issue belongs to the Section Marine and Freshwater Toxins)
Unraveling the Environmental Threat of Harmful Algae Blooms (HABs): Causes and Impacts submission deadline 30 Nov 2024 | 1 articles | Viewed by 542 | Submission Open
Keywords: harmful algal blooms; phytoplankton; microalgae; toxins; red tide; water quality; socioeconomic impacts; monitoring; mitigation strategies; ecosystem services
(This special issue belongs to the Section Marine and Freshwater Toxins)
Analytical Novelties and Challenges for the Detection of Natural Toxins submission deadline 30 Nov 2024 | Viewed by 184 | Submission Open
Keywords: analytical methods; detection and quantification; food & feed safety; risk assessment; surveillance; natural toxins; emerging toxins; mycotoxins; biotoxins; phytotoxins; immunoassays; mass spectrometry; chromatography; biosensors; green analytical chemistry
Ribosome-Inactivating Proteins: From Plant Toxins to Drug Applications
edited by
submission deadline 30 Nov 2024 | Viewed by 143 | Submission Open
Keywords: plant toxins; ribosome-inactivating proteins (RIPs); targeted therapy; ricin; lectins
(This special issue belongs to the Section Plant Toxins)
Structure, Function and Evolution of Conotoxins
edited by and Thomas Lund Koch
submission deadline 30 Nov 2024 | Viewed by 124 | Submission Open
Keywords: conotoxins; conoidean toxins; disulfide bonds; functional assays; molecular evolution; phylogenetics; structure– activity relationship; structure determination; structure prediction
(This special issue belongs to the Section Animal Venoms)
Important Value of Botulinum Toxin in Pain Management
edited by
submission deadline 30 Nov 2024 | Viewed by 112 | Submission Open
Keywords: botulinum toxin; botulinum neurotoxin; neuropathic pain; neuralgia; pain medicine
(This special issue belongs to the Section Bacterial Toxins)
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