Screen LibraryForensic plant science /
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Elsevier,
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| Publisher Address: | Amsterdam : |
| Publication Dates: |
[2016] ©2016 |
| Literature type: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/book/9780128014752 |
| Carrier Form: | 1 online resource (226 pages) : color illustrations |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: |
9780128015810 0128015810 |
| Index Number: | QH313 |
| CLC: | D919 |
| Contents: |
Front Cover; Forensic Plant Science ; Copyright ; Dedication; Contents; Author Biographies; Jane H. Bock, PhD; David O. Norris, PhD; Foreword by Tom A. Ranker; Foreword by Haskell M. Pitluck; Preface; Acknowledgments; 1 -- Introduction to Forensic Plant Science; 1. INTRODUCTION TO PLANTS; 1.1 The Seed Plant Body; 1.2 The Seed Plant Cell; 1.2.1 A Unique Plant Constituent: Cellulose and the Cell Wall; 2. THE EARLY HISTORY OF PLANT SCIENCE; 2.1 Pharmacology and Toxicology of Plants; 3. PLANT POISONINGS; 3.1 Some Specific Poisons of Plant Origins; 3.1.1 Alkaloids; 3.1.1.1 COLCHICINE 3.1.1.2 POISON HEMLOCK3.1.1.3 THE TROPANE ALKALOIDS; 3.1.2 Other Alkaloids; 3.1.2.1 STRYCHNINE; 3.1.2.2 ACONITINE; 3.1.2.3 SOLANINE, A GLYCOALKALOID; 3.1.3 Glycosides; 3.1.3.1 DIGOXIN, A CARDIAC GLYCOSIDE; 3.1.3.2 CYANOGENIC GLYCOSIDES; 3.1.4 Toxic Plant Lectins; 3.1.5 Dicoumarol and Anticoagulants; 3.1.6 Mushroom Toxins; 4. ILLEGAL DRUGS OF PLANT ORIGINS; 5. TWENTIETH-CENTURY FORENSIC PLANT SCIENCE; 6. OUR INTRODUCTION TO FORENSIC PLANT SCIENCE; 2 -- Suitability of Forensic Plant Science Evidence for Courtroom Presentations; 1. THE CURRENT STATE OF FORENSIC SCIENCE IN THE USA 1.1 Public Perception Problems: The "Crime Scene Investigation Effect"1.2 Scientific Problems with Modern Forensic Science; 2. COURT DECISIONS CONCERNING PRESENTATION OF SCIENTIFIC EVIDENCE AND EXPERT OPINION; 2.1 What Criteria Determine Validity?; 2.2 Objectivity in Forensic Analyses Is of Paramount Importance; 2.3 Repeatability; 2.4 How Is the Forensic Community Responding?; 3. HOW DOES DAUBERT RELATE TO FORENSIC PLANT SCIENCE; 3 -- Sources for Forensic Plant Science Evidence; 1. PLANT ANATOMY; 2. PLANT TAXONOMY; 2.1 Binomial Nomenclature; 2.2 Collection Methods for Taxonomic Evidence 3. PLANT ECOLOGY4. GENETIC ANALYSES: USE OF DEOXYRIBONUCLEIC ACID; 4.1 Nuclear DNA; 4.2 Extranuclear DNA; 4.3 Analysis of DNA as a Forensic Tool; 4.4 DNA Barcoding; 4.5 What Is the Future for Uses of Plant DNA; 4 -- Forensic Plant Anatomy; 1. SOME PLANT BASICS; 1.1 Types of Plants; 1.2 Flowering Plant Cell Types; 1.2.1 Tissue System 1: The Dermal System; 1.2.2 Tissue System 2: Parenchyma, Collenchyma, and Sclerenchyma3; 1.2.3 Tissue System 3: Vascular Tissue; 1.2.4 Inclusions; 1.3 Fruits and Seeds; 1.4 Wood; 2. THE HUMAN DIGESTIVE SYSTEM; 2.1 Overview of Human Digestion and the Digestive Tract 2.2 Experiments on Gastric Evacuation2.3 Common Food Plants; 3. PLANT CELLS AND TIME OF DEATH; 4. COLLECTION AND SAMPLING METHODS FOR DIGESTIVE TRACT MATERIALS; 4.1 Collection of Samples; 4.1.1 Gastric and Intestinal Material; 4.1.2 Collection of Vomitus or Fecal Matter; 5. PROCESSING OF FORENSIC SAMPLES USING PLANT ANATOMY; 5.1 Processing of Stomach or Intestinal Samples; 5.2 Preparation of Known Plants for Identification; 5.2.1 Developing a Reference Collection; 5.3 Identification and Documentation of Known Plants and GI Tract Contents; 5.4 Processing of a Fecal Sample |