| # | Title | Journal | Year | Citations |
|---|
| 1 | Plants as source of drugs | Toxicon | 2001 | 1,170 |
| 2 | Mode of action of Bacillus thuringiensis Cry and Cyt toxins and their potential for insect control | Toxicon | 2007 | 1,039 |
| 3 | the toxicology of microcystins | Toxicon | 1998 | 760 |
| 4 | Snake venom variability: methods of study, results and interpretation | Toxicon | 1991 | 606 |
| 5 | Snake venoms and the hemostatic system | Toxicon | 1998 | 587 |
| 6 | Excitement ahead: structure, function and mechanism of snake venom phospholipase A2 enzymes | Toxicon | 2003 | 564 |
| 7 | Voltage-gated ion channels and gating modifier toxins | Toxicon | 2007 | 560 |
| 8 | Plant cyanogenic glycosides | Toxicon | 2000 | 507 |
| 9 | Podophyllotoxin: distribution, sources, applications and new cytotoxic derivatives | Toxicon | 2004 | 492 |
| 10 | Structural considerations of the snake venom metalloproteinases, key members of the M12 reprolysin family of metalloproteinases | Toxicon | 2005 | 470 |
| 11 | Sensitivity of embryonic rat dorsal root ganglia neurons to Clostridium botulinum neurotoxins | Toxicon | 2000 | 455 |
| 12 | Phospholipase A2 myotoxins from Bothrops snake venoms | Toxicon | 1995 | 440 |
| 13 | The cystine knot motif in toxins and implications for drug design | Toxicon | 2001 | 436 |
| 14 | Use of a colorimetric protein phosphatase inhibition assay and enzyme linked immunosorbent assay for the study of microcystins and nodularins | Toxicon | 1994 | 430 |
| 15 | Plant toxic proteins with insecticidal properties. A review on their potentialities as bioinsecticides | Toxicon | 2002 | 422 |
| 16 | The first evidence of paralytic shellfish toxins in the freshwater cyanobacterium Cylindrospermopsis raciborskii, isolated from Brazil | Toxicon | 1999 | 401 |
| 17 | A model to explain the pharmacological effects of snake venom phospholipases A2 | Toxicon | 1989 | 393 |
| 18 | Skeletal muscle degeneration induced by venom phospholipases A2: insights into the mechanisms of local and systemic myotoxicity | Toxicon | 2003 | 381 |
| 19 | Further classification of skin alkaloids from neotropical poison frogs (dendrobatidae), with a general survey of toxic/noxious substances in the amphibia | Toxicon | 1987 | 374 |
| 20 | Scombroid poisoning: A review | Toxicon | 2010 | 374 |
| 21 | Hemorrhage induced by snake venom metalloproteinases: biochemical and biophysical mechanisms involved in microvessel damage | Toxicon | 2005 | 368 |
| 22 | Naming of cyclic heptapeptide toxins of cyanobacteria (blue-green algae) | Toxicon | 1988 | 348 |
| 23 | Cytolytic peptide and protein toxins from sea anemones (Anthozoa: Actiniaria) | Toxicon | 2002 | 340 |
| 24 | Current views on scorpion toxins specific for K+-channels | Toxicon | 2004 | 339 |
| 25 | Report of a WHO workshop on the standardization and control of antivenoms | Toxicon | 2003 | 338 |
| 26 | Phospholipase A2—a structural review | Toxicon | 1996 | 337 |
| 27 | Overview of scorpion toxins specific for Na+ channels and related peptides: biodiversity, structure–function relationships and evolution | Toxicon | 2005 | 332 |
| 28 | Ribosome-inactivating proteins | Toxicon | 2004 | 329 |
| 29 | Snake venom l-amino acid oxidases | Toxicon | 2002 | 327 |
| 30 | Snake venoms and coagulopathy | Toxicon | 2005 | 325 |
| 31 | Electron microscopic studies on experimental poisoning in mice induced by cylindrospermopsin isolated from blue-green alga Umezakia natans | Toxicon | 1994 | 318 |
| 32 | Microcystin contamination in fish from the Jacarepaguá Lagoon (Rio de Janeiro, Brazil): ecological implication and human health risk | Toxicon | 2001 | 312 |
| 33 | Isolation of cylindrospermopsin from a cyanobacterium Umezakia natans and its screening method | Toxicon | 1994 | 311 |
| 34 | Pharmacology and biochemistry of spider venoms | Toxicon | 2002 | 303 |
| 35 | Structure, function and evolution of three-finger toxins: Mini proteins with multiple targets | Toxicon | 2010 | 303 |
| 36 | The cystine knot structure of ion channel toxins and related polypeptides | Toxicon | 1998 | 302 |
| 37 | The history of ricin, abrin and related toxins | Toxicon | 2004 | 301 |
| 38 | Isolation of bradykinin-potentiating peptides from Bothrops jararaca venom | Toxicon | 1971 | 298 |
| 39 | Nicotine, its metabolism and an overview of its biological effects | Toxicon | 2004 | 297 |
| 40 | Antinutritional properties of plant lectins | Toxicon | 2004 | 295 |
| 41 | Purification and characterization of ciguatoxins from moray eel (Lycodontis javanicus, Muraenidae) | Toxicon | 1991 | 293 |
| 42 | The changing face of ciguatera | Toxicon | 2001 | 291 |
| 43 | Snake venom serine proteinases: sequence homology vs. substrate specificity, a paradox to be solved | Toxicon | 2005 | 287 |
| 44 | An overview of lysine-49 phospholipase A2 myotoxins from crotalid snake venoms and their structural determinants of myotoxic action | Toxicon | 2003 | 286 |
| 45 | The scorpion envenoming syndrome | Toxicon | 1995 | 285 |
| 46 | Understanding the mode of action of diphtheria toxin: a perspective on progress during the 20th century | Toxicon | 2001 | 283 |
| 47 | Identification of anatoxin-A in benthic cyanobacteria (blue-green algae) and in associated dog poisonings at Loch Insh, Scotland | Toxicon | 1992 | 279 |
| 48 | First report in a river in France of the benthic cyanobacterium Phormidium favosum producing anatoxin-a associated with dog neurotoxicosis | Toxicon | 2005 | 276 |
| 49 | A rational nomenclature for naming peptide toxins from spiders and other venomous animals | Toxicon | 2008 | 276 |
| 50 | Paralytic shellfish poisoning: Seafood safety and human health perspectives | Toxicon | 2010 | 271 |
