Covering: 2007. Previous review: Nat. Prod. Rep., 2008, 25, 35This review covers the
literature published in 2007 for marine natural products, with 948 citations (627 for the …

Venom represents a key adaptation of many venomous predators, allowing them to
immobilise prey quickly through chemical rather than physical warfare. Evolutionary arms …

Mexico is one of the three areas of the world with the greatest terrestrial and cultural
biological diversity. The diversity of Mexican medicinal flora has been studied for a long time …

Marine gastropods of the genus Conus, comprising more than 800 species, have the
characteristic of injecting worms and other prey with venom. These conopeptide toxins …

Diversity among Conus toxins mirrors the high species diversity in the Indo-Pacific region,
and evolution of both is thought to stem from feeding-niche specialization derived from intra …

Conotoxin sr5a had previously been identified in the vermivorous cone snail Conus spurius.
This conotoxin is a highly hydrophobic peptide, with the sequence IINWCCLIFYQCC, which …

Abstract The Membrane Attack Complex-Perforin (MACPF) family is ubiquitously found in all
kingdoms. They have diverse cellular roles, however MACPFs with pore-forming toxic …

A novel conotoxin named lt6c, an O‐superfamily conotoxin, was identified from the cDNA
library of venom duct of Conus litteratus. The full‐length cDNA contains an open reading …

A novel peptide, de7b, was isolated from the venom of Conus delessertii, a worm-hunting
species collected in the Caribbean Sea off the Yucatan Peninsula. Its primary structure was …

The protein-containing extracts prepared from the venom ducts of Conus austini, Conus
spurius and Polystira albida caused a concentration-dependent inhibition of spontaneous …