Screen LibraryPlant 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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Springer Netherlands : Imprint: Springer,
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| Publisher Address: | Dordrecht : |
| Publication Dates: | 2017. |
| Literature type: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Toxinology,
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http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-94-007-6464-4 |
| Summary: |
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 an encompassing landscape of plant toxinology for both toxinologists and non-toxinologists alike. |
| Carrier Form: | 1 online resource(incolor.eReference.): color illustrations. |
| ISBN: | 9789400764644 |
| Index Number: | RS380 |
| CLC: | R996.2 |
| 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 |