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Toxicants of Plant Origin : Alkaloids, Volume I
Overview
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.
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- ISBN-13: 9780849369902
- ISBN-10: 0849369908
- Publisher: CRC Press
- Publish Date: August 1989
- Shipping Weight: 0.02 pounds
- Page Count: 352
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