"Poisonous plants are used in traditional medicine systems in various healing therapies. They are a rich resource of ingredients used in herbal drug formulations, that are also used in the development of synthetic drugs. They are recognized for antioxidant activity, anti-inflammation, anti-cancer activity, anti-diabetic activity, and for many other health benefits. Exploring Poisonous Plants: Medicinal Values, Toxicity Responses, and Therapeutic Uses provides an analysis of the most important poisonous herbs, shrubs, and trees, detailing poisonous plants while demonstrating endorsements for their potential therapeutic values. Features: Presents therapeutic potentials on various poisonous herbs, shrubs, and trees. Provides descriptions of notable toxic compounds and discusses adverse effects when consumed by animals or people. Gives practical guidance for botanical description, distribution, phytochemical constituents, pharmacological studies, traditional and other potential uses of selected poisonous plants. This volume in the Exploring Medicinal Plants series is appropriate for scientists, researchers, and students working with poisonous plants, as well as in areas of economic botany, plant biochemistry, biotechnology, pharmacognosy, pharmaceuticals, industrial chemistry, and nanomedicine"--
This volume in the Exploring Medicinal Plants series discusses botanical description, distribution, phytochemical constituents, pharmacological studies, toxic responses, traditional and other potential uses of various poisonous plants.
About the Editor |
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Preface |
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Contributors |
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SECTION A General Information |
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Chapter 1 Poisonous Plants: An Overview |
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Chapter 2 Biotechnological Approaches in Poisonous Plants |
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Chapter 3 Uses of Poisonous Plants in Nanoscience |
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Chapter 4 Conservation Practices of Poisonous Plants: Present Status |
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SECTION B Poisonous Plants (Botanical Description, Distribution, Phytochemical Constituents, Pharmacological Studies, Toxic Response, Traditional, and Other Potential Uses and Future Remarks) |
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Chapter 5 Abrus precatorius (Rosary Pea) |
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Chapter 6 Aconitum napellus (Monkshood) |
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Chapter 7 Acorus calamus (Sway or Muskrat Root) |
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Chapter 8 Agapanthus orientalis (Lily of the Nile) |
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Chapter 9 Antiaris toxicaria (Upas Tree) |
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Pankaj Shivnarayan Mundada |
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Chapter 10 Aristolochia indica (The Indian Birthwort) |
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Chapter 11 Atractylis gummifera (Stemless Atractylis) |
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Chapter 12 Atropa belladonna (Deadly Nightshade) |
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Chapter 13 Calotropis gigantea (Crown Flower or Giant Milkweed) |
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Chapter 14 Colchicum autumnale (Naked Ladies) |
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Chapter 15 Conium maculatum (Hemlock or Poison Hemlock) |
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Chapter 16 Datura stramonium (Thorn Apple or Devil's Trumpet) |
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Chapter 17 Digitalis purpurea (Foxglove Plant) |
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Chapter 18 Gloriosa superba (Glory Lily) |
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Chapter 19 Nerium oleander (Oleander or Nerium) |
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Chapter 20 Ricinus communis (Castor Oil Plant) |
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Chapter 21 Thevetia peruviana (Yellow Oleander) |
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Chapter 22 Toxicodendron succedaneum (Rhus or Wax Tree) |
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Azamal Husen served as Professor & Head, Department of Biology, University of Gondar, Ethiopia and is a Foreign Delegate at Wolaita Sodo University, Wolaita, Ethiopia. He specializes in biogenic nanomaterial fabrication and application, plant responses to environmental stresses and nanomaterials at the physiological, biochemical and molecular levels, herbal medicine, and clonal propagation for improvement of tree species, and has published over 200 research articles. He is contributed to R&D projects of World Bank, ICAR, ICFRE, JBIC etc. He is on the advisory board of Cambridge Scholars Publishing, UK. Husen has been on the Editorial Board and the panel of reviewers of several reputed journals. He is a Fellow of the Plantae group of the American Society of Plant Biologists, and a Member of the International Society of Root Research, Asian Council of Science Editors, and INPST. He is Editor-in-Chief of the American Journal of Plant Physiology, and a Series Editor of Exploring Medicinal Plants (Taylor & Francis Group, USA); Plant Biology, Sustainability, and Climate Change (Elsevier, USA); and Smart Nanomaterials Technology (Springer Nature, Singapore).