Toxicants of Plant Origin: Alkaloids, Volume I

Peter R Cheeke Oregon State University

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Cat. #: 6990 ISBN: 0849369908 Publication Date: 8/31/1989 Number of Pages: 352 Publisher Availability: In Stock CRC Press

This comprehensive treatise offers an in-depth discussion of natural toxicants in plants, emphasizing their effects as defenses against herbivory. Coevolution of plants and herbivores are covered with a detailed treatment of toxicant metabolism and systemic effects in mammalian tissues.

Consideration of the economic importance of plant toxins, modification by plant breeding, management of toxicosis, and toxicant problems in various geographic areas are included.

Each volume offers an extensive description of chemistry, biosynthesis, analysis, distribution in plants, metabolism in mammals and insects, and practical problems in humans and livestock.