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OverviewThe dependency of the human race on plants as renewable sources of many foodstuffs, drugs, textiles, fuel, and building materials in generally acknowledged. However, the harmful effects produced by certain plant constituents, which result in an increasing incidence of poisoning cases in the United States each year, are not so widely appreciated. This book is not intended to be a comprehensive treatise on all substances from plants that are lethal or otherwise injurious to humans or livestock. Instead, owing to tremendous recent advances in the understanding of the chemical nature of their toxic principles, it reviews selected toxic plants which have been hitherto inadequately documented in previous texts. Full Product DetailsAuthor: A. Douglas Kinghorn (The Ohio State University)Publisher: Columbia University Press Imprint: Columbia University Press Dimensions: Width: 15.30cm , Height: 1.90cm , Length: 27.80cm Weight: 0.025kg ISBN: 9780231046862ISBN 10: 0231046863 Pages: 195 Publication Date: 22 December 1979 Audience: Professional and scholarly , Professional & Vocational Format: Hardback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: Manufactured on demand  We will order this item for you from a manufactured on demand supplier. Language: English Table of ContentsReviewsAuthor InformationTab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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