Toxicants of Plant Origin

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.