Plant-Associated Toxins: Agricultural, Phytochemical and Eclogical Aspects.1994. 581 p.

This bookrepresents the fully edited proceedings of the 4th InternationalSymposium on Poisonous Plants held in Fremantle, Western Australia inSeptember 1993. - Partial Contents: Regional, epidemiologic and legalissues (History of plant poisoning in Western Australia/ Poisonousplants from the forests of Gujarat, India/ Toxic plant residues in meat)/ Methods, measurements and mechanisms/ The liver (The role of liver inthe detoxification of poisonous plants/ Alveld in lambs in Norway/ etc.)/ The reproductive system and the embryo/ The nervous system (Neuromycotoxicoses in Australia/ The many guises of ergotism/ etc.)/Control, prevention and treatment of poisoning/ Miscellaneous topics(Benefits of plant photosins: antiviral properties/ Cardiac manifestations of oleander poisoning in cattle and donkeys/ Avocado(persea americana) poisoning in ostriches).