Toxins, Volume 17, Issue 4

Scorpion antipredator behavior incorporates risk assessment that informs decision-making and venom usage. We quantified antipredator behaviors of the clinically significant Arizona bark scorpion (Centruroides sculpturatus) in their natural environmen...

The nature and epidemiology of plant intoxications are still not well understood, with recent data being limited. The present study aims to report cases of plant poisoning in the clinical practice of the Clinical Toxicology Department at the Naval Ho...

Histone post-translational modifications (HPTMs) can affect gene expression by rearranging chromatin structure. Between these, histone methylation is one of the most studied in filamentous fungi, and different conserved domains coding for methyltrans...

As oceans warm, harmful algal blooms (HABs) are expected to increase, including blooms of Pseudo-nitzschia, a diatom that produces domoic acid (DA), which is a potent neurotoxin. Regulatory limits for human consumption (0.075–0.1 mg/kg/day; acu...

The hypothesis that disturbance to coral reefs creates new surfaces that increase the risk of ciguatera is premised upon the increased algal substrates that develop on these surfaces being colonised by high ciguatoxin (CTX)-producing Gambierdiscus sp...

Snakebite envenoming is often discussed in terms of lethality and limb loss, but local tissue injury and coagulotoxic effects of venom are significantly more common acute manifestations of snakebite envenoming (SBE). Local tissue injury and the hemor...

Onabotulinumtoxin-A (onabotA) is a neurotoxin widely used for several indications, including chronic migraine (CM) preventive treatment, due to its well-demonstrated efficacy, tolerability, and safety. However, onabotA safety during pregnancy and bre...

We thank Trosch et al [...]

We read with interest and some concern the article by Dashtipour and colleagues [...]

All parts of Alocasia × amazonica (A. amazonica, Araceae) pose a toxicological risk due to oxalate production. Ingestion of the plant extract may cause multi-organ damage and fatal outcomes. Given the rarity of poisoning cases, its toxicologica...