edited by
T. Acamovic, C.S. Stewart
and T.W. Pennycott

Features:

• The evolution of antinutrients and toxins in plants
• Biomedical applications of toxins in plants
• Isolation, identification and effects of plant and fungal toxins
• The effect of plant toxins on aversion to plants in animal diets
• and much more!

Poisonous Plants and Related Toxins covers a range of topics from plant biochemistry to toxic effects in animals (particularly grazing farmed animals) and humans.

Contents

1. Evolution of Toxins and Anti-nutritional Factors in Plants with Special Emphasis on Leguminosae
2. Lack of Apparent Base Sequence Preference of Activated Pyrrolizidine Alkaloid Cross-links with DNA
3. Correlation of an Endophytic Fungus (Alternaria spp.) with the Presence of Swainsonine in Lambert Locoweed (Oxytropis lambertii)
4. Delphinium Alkaloid Toxicosis in Cattle from Switzerland
5. Toxicity of a Pyrrolizidine Alkaloid, Riddelliine, in Neonatal Pigs
6. Bacteria and Corynetoxin-like Toxins in Nematode Seed-galls in Festuca nigrescens from North America and New Zealand
7. Preliminary in vitro Studies of Cistus salvifolius Leaves in Relation to Metabolic Disorders in Sheep
8. Fusarochromanone and Wortmannin: Novel Fusarium Toxins
9. Improved Methods for the Extraction and Purification of Corynetoxins for Preparative or Analytical Purposes using Water Solublizing Additives
10. Nephrotic Syndrome in Cattle Caused by the Shrub Nolletia gariepina in the Kalahari Sandveld of Southern Africa
11. The Concentration of Steroidal Sapogenins in and the Degree of Fungal Infection on Narthecium ossifragum Plants in More and Romsdal County, Norway
12. Calcinosis in Ruminants due to Plant Poisoning: Contributions on the Pathogenesis
13. Evaluation of Ipomoea carnea Toxicity to Growing Goats: Clinical, Biochemical, Haematological and Pathological Alterations
14. Chemical and Pharmacological Investigation of Macrocyclic Diterpenoids Isolated from Euphorbia Species
15. Disposition of Swainsonine in Sheep Following Acute Oral Exposure
16. Stimulating Effect of Aflatoxin B1 on Lipid Peroxidation in the in vitro Model Systems
17. An Indirect Competitive ELISA for Pyrrolizidine Alkaloids of Heliotropium europaeum
18. Victor King Chesnut (1867-1938), A Poisonous Plant Pioneer
19. Phomopsin Intoxication of the Rat Causes Prodigious Loss of Body Weight and Liver Weight
20. The Role of Condensed Tannins on the Rumen Degradation of Lotus pedunculatus
21. Cyclopiazonic Acid: Food Chain Contaminant?
22. Calystegines Isolated from Ipomoea spp. Possibly Associated with an Ataxia Syndrome in Cattle in North Western Australia
23. Spectrofluorometric Analysis of Phylloerythrin in Plasma and Skin from Sheep Suffering from Hepatogenous Photosensitization
24. Plants Toxic for Domestic Animals in the State of Paraíba, Northeastern Brazil
25. Occurrence of Cyanogenic Glycosides in Seeds and Seedlings of Idiospermum australiense, a Primitive Rainforest Angiosperm from Tropical Australia
26. Photosensitization in Cattle in Southern Brazil
27. Transformed Root Cultures of Solanum dulcamara and Production of Secondary Metabolites
28. Antibacterial Properties of Phytochemicals in Aromatic Plants in Poultry Diets
29. Microbial Metabolism of Tannins
30. Modulation of Escherichia coli Shiga Toxin Activity on Vero Cells by the Use of the Secondary Plant Compound Swainsonine
31. The Identification of Corynetoxin-like Tunicaminyluracil-glycolipids from Nematode Galls in Festuca nigrescens from North America and New Zealand
32. The Metabolism of Saponins from Yucca schidigera in Sheep
33. Ecological, Physiological and Behavioural Interactions between Marsupial Folivores and Eucalyptus Antifeedants
34. PCR Amplification for Detection of Synergistes jonesii, the Ruminal Bacterium that Degrades the Toxins of Leucaena leucocephala
35. Bracken Fern (genus Pteridium) Toxicity - A Global Problem
36. Histochemical Studies of Bracken Fern: Localization of Phenolic and Tannin Defences in Bracken Accessions along an Altitudinal Gradient in the Neotropics
37. Chronic Toxicity in Cattle due to Pteridium aquilinum (Bracken Fern) in Tarija Department, Bolivia: An Interdisciplinary Investigation
38. Ptaquiloside in Bracken and in Topsoil in 20 Danish Bracken Populations
39. Pathological Aspects of Cyanobacterial Toxicity
40. Effect of Senna occidentalis Seed in Laying Hens: Evaluation of the Toxicity and Egg Production
41. Intoxication by Crotalaria retusa in Ruminants and Equidae in the State of Paraíba, Northeastern Brazil
42. Pathology of Experimental Stemodia kingii Intoxication in the Mouse
43. A Procedure for the Estimation of the Daily Intake of Saponins from Pasture by Sheep
44. Exposure of Native Australian Parrots to Pyrrolizidine Alkaloids
45. Poisonous Sedges: The Galegine Content of Schoenus rigens at Various Growth Stages
46. Lupin Non-starch Polysaccharides and their Effects on Chickens
47. Lectin Histochemical Study of Lipopigments Present in the Cerebellum of Solanum fastigiatum var. fastigiatum Intoxicated Cattle
48. Ipomoea carnea Induced Enhanced Macrophage Activity (Phagocytosis and Peroxide Production) in Immunocompetent Rats
49. Advanced Multidimensional NMR Experiments as Tools for Structure Determination of Amaryllidaceae Alkaloids
50. Characterization of Steroidal Sapogenins in Panicum virgatum L. (Switchgrass)
51. Common Natural and Experimental Plant Intoxications in Animals Reported in Cuba
52. Intoxication by Prosopis juliflora Pods (Mesquite Beans) in Cattle and Goats in Northeastern Brazil
53. Screening Poisonous Plant Toxins for Cytotoxicity Using Bovine Embryos Produced by in vitro Fertilization Techniques
54. Growth of Bracken in Denmark and the Content of Ptaquiloside in Fronds, Rhizomes and Roots
55. Poisonous Plant Research: Biomedical Applications
56. Essential Amino Acids and Antimetabolites in the Seed Kernel of an Unconventional Legume, Gila Bean (Entada phaseoloides Merrill)
57. The Detection and Estimation of Pyrrolizidine Alkaloids in Plants and Feeds using an ELISA
58. Monocrotaline Pyrrole Protein Targets in Pulmonary Artery Endothelial Cells
59. Analysis of Corynetoxins: A Comparative Study of an Indirect Competitive ELISA and HPLC
60. Pavetamine: an Inhibitor of Protein Synthesis in the Heart
61. Effects of the Mycotoxins Lolitrem B and Paxilline on Gastrointestinal Smooth Muscle, Cardiovascular and Respiratory Systems and Temperature in Sheep
62. Conditioned Feed Aversion as a Means of Preventing Sheep from Grazing Vermeerbos (Geigeria ornativa)
63. Prenatal Toxicity of Cyanide in Goats - a Model for Teratological Studies in Ruminants
64. The Clinical and Morphological Changes of Intermittent Locoweed (Oxytropis sericea) Poisoning in Sheep
65. Biological Control of the Toxic Shrub Juniper
66. The Effect on Quail of Feed Contaminated with the Mycotoxin Aurofusarin
67. Effect of Tunicamycins on GlcNAc-1-P Transferase Activity in Rat Tissues and Toxic Effects during Pregnancy and Lactation
68. Experiences with the Quantitative Trace Analysis of Pyrrolizidine Alkaloids using GCMS and LCMS
69. Perinatal Study of Senna occidentalis Intoxication in Rabbits
70. Fetal Effects of Maternal Ingestion of Solanum malacoxylon: Evaluation in Rats
71. A Survey of Venezuelan Plants Toxic to Livestock and their Potential as Anti-insect Materials
72. Dietary Butylated Hydroxytoluene Protects Against Aflatoxicosis in Turkeys
73. Mycotoxins in Agricultural Crops
74. Intoxication by Ramaria flavo-brunnescens in Domestic Animals
75. Natural Antioxidants and Mycotoxins: Theoretical Considerations and Practical Applications
76. Rumex obtusifolius: Its Costs and the Benefits of Control
77. Effect of Varying Trypsin Inhibitor Activity of Full Fat Soya on Nutritional Value for Broiler Chicks
78. The Bioactivity-guided Isolation and Structural Identification of Two Novel Toxic Steroidal Glucosides, Stemodiosides B3 and B4 from Stemodia kingii
79. The Effect of Pattern of Feeding on the Development of Food Preferences in Goats in Response to Positive and Negative Post-ingestive Consequences
80. Conditioned Feed Aversion as a Means of Preventing Intake of Yellow-tulp (Homeria pallida) by Livestock
81. Plant-associated Diseases, Either New or New to the State, Encountered Over the Last Decade (1991-2001) in Western Australia
82. Steroidal Sapogenins and Saponins in Narthecium ossifragum from Scotland
83. Transfer of Cyanide and its Main Metabolite Thiocyanate in Milk: Study of Cyanogenic Plants Ingestion during Lactation in Goats
84. The Effect of Feeding Broilers Tall Fescue Grass (Festuca arundinacea) Seeds Containing the Endophyte Toxin Ergovaline on Ascites Syndrome Morbidity
85. Bovine Enzootic Haematuria on São Miguel Island - Azores
86. Toxicophenology and Grazing Risk Models of Tall Larkspur

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