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

• Pubblicazione: Wallingford, Oxon, UK ; ; Cambridge, MA, USA, : CABI Pub., c2004
• Edizione: 1st ed.
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (599 pages)
• Disciplina: 581.659; 636.089/5952
• Soggetto topico: Livestock poisoning plants - Toxicology; Poisonous plants - Toxicology; Plant toxins - Physiological effect; Livestock poisoning plants; Poisonous plants
• 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 Zealand; Chapter 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, Norway; Chapter 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 Systems; Chapter 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 Australia; Chapter 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.: 9910808850503321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II