Poisonous plants and related toxins [[electronic resource] /] / edited by T. Acamovic, C.S. Stewart, and T.W. Pennycott

• Pubblicazione: Wallingford, Oxon, UK ; ; Cambridge, MA, USA, : CABI Pub., c2004
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (599 p.)
• Disciplina: 581.659; 636.089/5952
• Soggetto topico: Livestock poisoning plants - Toxicology; Poisonous plants - Toxicology; Plant toxins - Physiological effect; Livestock poisoning plants; Poisonous plants
• Soggetto genere / forma: Electronic books.
• Altri autori: AcamovicT (Thomas) StewartC. S (Colin S.) PennycottT. W
• Note generali: Papers presented at the 6th International Symposium of Poisonous Plants, held in Glasgow, 2001.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Poisonous Plants and Related Toxins; Contents; Preface; Acknowledgements; Dedications; Chapter 1 Evolution of Toxins and Anti-nutritional Factors in Plants with Special Emphasis on Leguminosae; Chapter 2 Lack of Apparent Base Sequence Preference of Activated Pyrrolizidine Alkoloid Cross-links with DNA; Chapter 3 Correlation of an Endophytic Fungus (Alternaria spp.) with the Presence of Swainsonine in Lambert Locoweed (Oxytropis lambertii); Chapter 4 Delphinium Alkaloid Toxicosis in Cattle from Switzerland; Chapter 5 Toxicity of a Pyrrolizidine Alkaloid, Riddlelliine, in Neonatal Pigs ; Chapter 6 Bacteria and Corynetoxin-like Toxins in Nematode Seed-galls in Festuca nigrescens from North America and New ZealandChapter 7 Preliminary In Vitro Studies of Cistus salvifolius Leaves in Relation to Metabolic Disorders in Sheep; Chapter 8 Fusarochromanone and Wortmannin: Novel Fusarium Toxins; Chapter 9 Improved Methods for the Extraction and Purification of Corynetoxins for Preparative or Analytical Purposes using Water Solubilizing Additives; Chapter 10 Nephrotic Syndrome in Cattle Caused by the Shrub Nolletia gariepina in the Kalahari Sandveld of southern Africa ; Chapter 11 The Concentration of Steroidal Sapogenins in and the Degree of Fungal Infection on Narthecium ossifragum Plants in More and Romsdal County, NorwayChapter 12 Calcinosis in Ruminants due to Plant Poisoning: Contributions on the Pathogenesis; Chapter 13 Evaluation of Ipomoea carnea Toxicity to Growing Goats: Clinical, Biochemical, Haematological and Pathological Alterations; Chapter 14 Chemical and Pharmacological Investigation of Macrocyclic Diterpenoids Isolated from Euphorbia Species; Chapter 15 Disposition of Swainsonine in Sheep Following Acute Oral Exposure ; Chapter 16 Stimulating Effect of Aflatoxin B1 on Lipid Peroxidation in the In Vitro Model SystemsChapter 17 An Indirect Competitive ELISA for Pyrrolizidine Alkaloids of Heliotropium europaeum; Chapter 18 Victor King Chesnut (1867-1938), a Poisonous Plant Pioneer; Chapter 19 Phomopsin Intoxication of the Rat Causes Prodigious Loss of Bodyweight and Liver weight; Chapter 20 The Role of Condensed Tannins on the Rumen Degradation of Lotus pedunculatus; Chapter 21 Cyclopiazonic Acid: Food Chain Contaminant? ; Chapter 22 Calystegines Isolated from Ipomoea spp. Possibly Associated with an Ataxia Syndrome in Cattle in North Western AustraliaChapter 23 Spectrofluorometric Analysis of Phylloerythrin in Plasma and Skin from Sheep Suffering from Hepatogenous Photosensitization; Chapter 24 Plants Toxic for Domestic Animals in the State of Paraiba, Northeastern Brazil; Chapter 25 Occurrence of Cyanogenic Glycosides in Seeds and Seedlings of Idiospermum australiense, a Primitivee Rainforest Angiosperm from Tropical Australia; Chapter 26 Photosensitization in Cattle in Southern Brazil ; Chapter 27 Transformed Root Cultures of Solanum dulcamara and Production of Secondary Metabolites
• Sommario/riassunto: This book present edited papers from the 6th International Symposium on Poisonous Plants, held in Scotland in August 2001. It covers a range of topics from plan biochemistry to toxic effects in animals (particularly grazing farm animals) and humans.
• Titolo autorizzato: Poisonous plants and related toxins
• ISBN: 1-281-90497-X; 9786611904975; 1-84593-358-3
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910458410203321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II