Toxicants of Plant Origin: Alkaloids, Volume I

by Peter R. Cheeke

This comprehensive treatise offers an in-depth discussion of natural toxicants in plants, emphasizing their effects as defenses against herbivory. Coevolution of plants and her-bivores are covered with a detailed treatment of toxicant metabolism and systemic effects in mammalian tissues. Con-sideration of the economic importance of plant toxins, modi-fication by plant breeding, management of toxico-sis, and toxicant problems in various geographic areas are in-cluded. Each volume offers an extensive description of chemistry, biosynthesis, analysis, distribution in plants, metabolism in mam-mals and insects, and practical problems in humans and livestock.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0849369908
• ISBN13: 9780849369902
• Release Date: August 1989
• Publisher: CRC Press
• Length: 352 Pages
• Weight: 1.80 lbs.