LEADER 02963nam 2200493 450 001 9910484255603321 005 20200908123406.0 010 $a94-007-6464-2 024 7 $a10.1007/978-94-007-6464-4 035 $a(CKB)3710000001127502 035 $a(DE-He213)978-94-007-6464-4 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC5579196 035 $a(PPN)19976462X 035 $a(EXLCZ)993710000001127502 100 $a20200908d2017 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurnn|008mamaa 181 $ctxt$2rdacontent 182 $cc$2rdamedia 183 $acr$2rdacarrier 200 00$aPlant toxins /$fP. Gopalakrishnakone, editor in chief ; Ce?lia Regina Carlini, Rodrigo Ligabue-Braun, editors 205 $a1st ed. 2017. 210 1$aDordrecht, The Netherlands :$cSpringer,$d[2017] 210 4$dİ2017 215 $a1 online resource (96 illus., 57 illus. in color. eReference.) 225 1 $aToxinology 300 $aIncludes index. 311 $a94-007-6463-4 327 $aBiotechnological Potential of Ribosome Inactivating Proteins (RIPs) -- Cyanotoxins Cyclotides: Plant Defense Toxins -- Entomotoxic Plant Proteins: Molecules to Develop Genetically Modified Plants Potentially Resistant to Insect-Pests -- General Mechanisms of Plant Defense -- Locoweeds and Swainsonine -- Moonlighting Toxins: Ureases and Beyond -- Oleander Poisoning -- Phycotoxins Other Than Cyanotoxins -- Plant AB Toxins with Lectin Domains -- Plant Alkaloids: Main Features, Toxicity, and Mechanisms of Action -- Plant and Fungal Hallucinogens as Toxic and Therapeutic Agents -- Plant Compounds with Antiophidic Activities, Their Discovery History, and Current and Proposed Applications -- Plant Cyanogenic Glycosides -- Plant Toxins as Sources of Drugs -- Plants Toxic to Farm and Companion Animals -- Proteinaceous Plant Toxins with Antimicrobial and Antitumor Activities Ribosome-Inactivating Proteins: An Overview -- Suicidal Plant Poisoning -- The Role of Metal-Based Defenses in Plants -- Toxic but Exploitable Actions of Ribosome-Inactivating Proteins -- Toxic Chemicals from Invasive Alien Plants -- Toxic Nonprotein Amino Acids. 330 $aThis volume, in its over two dozen chapters, constitutes an overview of the current plant toxin research. It covers from general aspects of plant toxicity to in-depth reviews of various classes of toxins, their structures, synthesis, modes of action, and upcoming uses in biotechnology. It provides an encompassing landscape of plant toxinology for both toxinologists and non-toxinologists alike. 410 0$aToxinology. 606 $aPharmaceutical technology 615 0$aPharmaceutical technology. 676 $a615.19 702 $aGopalakrishnakone$b P. 702 $aCarlini$b Ce?lia Regina 702 $aLigabue-Braun$b Rodrigo 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910484255603321 996 $aPlant Toxins$92105822 997 $aUNINA