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Definition: Marine, freshwater, or terrestrial mollusks of the class Gastropoda. Most have an enclosing spiral shell, and several genera harbor parasites pathogenic to man.  as animal & food; IM; GEN or unspecified; prefer specifics; as food, coord IM with SHELLFISH (IM); /microbiol /parasitol /virol permitted   
Examples Biomphalaria; Bulinus; Helix (Snails); Lymnaea 		Other names Snail
 
SubstanceCAS Registry & nameCategoriesSource
FREP4 protein, Biomphalaria glabrata  0   *Immunoglobulins *Lectins Snails. Gene 2001 May 16;269(1-2):155-65
spasmodic peptide, Conus  0   *Conotoxins Snails. Biochemistry 2000 Feb 22;39(7):1583-8
HDS1 protein, Helix lucorum  0   *Nerve Tissue Proteins Snails. Invert Neurosci 1996 Jun;2(1):61-9
Pila globosa snail lectin  0   *Lectins Snails. Biochem Biophys Res Commun 1991;178(1):85
Achatina cardio-excitatory peptide 1  127122-98-9   *Neuropeptides Snails. Biochem Biophys Res Commun 1990;167(2):777
schistosomin  113834-12-1 Schistosomin  *Peptides Antigens, Helminth Schistosoma mansoni Snails. Exp Parasitol 1988;65(1):91
achatinin(H)  0   *Lectins Snails. Mol Cell Biochem 1986;71(2):149
prosurugatoxin  99102-40-6 D-myo-Inositol, 4-(6'-bromo-1,1',2',3,4,6,8,8a,9,10-decahydro-6-hydroxy-6-methyl-2,2',4-trioxospiro(cyclopenta(e)pyrimido(4,5-b)(1,4)diazepine-7(2H),3'-(3H)indole)-8-carboxylate), (6S-(6alpha,7alpha,8alpha,8aalpha))  *Mollusk Venoms Snails. Chem Pharm Bull (Tokyo) 1985;33(7):2890
agglutinin-I, cepaea hortensis  0   *Lectins Sialic Acids Snails. J Med Microbiol 1985;19(3):317
large cardioactive peptide, Lymnaea stagnalis  0   *Peptides Invertebrate Hormones Snails. Comp Biochem Physiol (C) 1984;78(2):339
neosurugatoxin  80680-43-9   *Mollusk Venoms Snails. Chem Pharm Bull (Tokyo) 1982;30(9):3255
surugatoxin  40957-92-4   *Mollusk Venoms Snails. Br J Pharmacol 53:207;1975; Br J Pharmacol 58:157;1976; Folia Pharmacol Jpn 73(6):657;1977; Jpn J Pharmacol 1979;29(3):295; Jpn J Pharmacol 24(4):559;1974; Lloydia 38(1):1;1975

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