Plant Toxins
This 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 a...
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| Format: | Electronic eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Dordrecht :
Springer Netherlands : Imprint: Springer,
2017.
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| Series: | Toxinology,
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| Online Access: | Full Text via HEAL-Link |
Table of Contents:
- Biotechnological 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.
