Overview

This comprehensive treatise offers an in-depth discussion of natural toxicants in plants, emphasizing their effects as defenses against herbivory. Coevolution of plants and herbivores are covered with a detailed treatment of toxicant metabolism and systemic effects in mammalian tissues.

Additional Topics

Consideration of the economic importance of plant toxins, modification by plant breeding, management of toxicosis, and toxicant problems in various geographic areas are included.

Content Details

Each volume offers an extensive description of chemistry, biosynthesis, analysis, distribution in plants, metabolism in mammals and insects, and practical problems in humans and livestock.