Medicinal plants in Australia, Volume 3, Plants, potions and poisons
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| Format: | Elektronisch E-Book |
| Sprache: | English |
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Sydney
Rosenberg Publishing
2012
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| Beschreibung: | Foreword; Introduction: Toxic Plants -- Friends or Foes?; Chapter 1. TALES OF MISADVENTURE; Chapter 2. THE ART OF DETOXIFICATION: REFINING TOXIC PLANTS; Chapter 3. CONVOLVULACEAE:MEDICINAL BUSH FOODS; Chapter 4. CULINARY CURIOSITIES: PSYCHOTIC POTATOES AND TASTY TOMATOES; Chapter 5. AROIDS: IRRITANT POISONS; Chapter 6. CAUSTICS AND CORROSIVES; Chapter 7. FOAMING FISH POISONS; Chapter 8. DRUGS FROM ICHTHYOTOXINS; Chapter 9. POISONOUS PTERIDOPHYTA; Chapter 10. CYCADS: PREHISTORIC SURVIVORS; Chapter 11. NEUROTOXINS: PLANTS OFPERILOUS CONSEQUENCE; RESOURCES; INDEX. Plants defend themselves against predators, including man. There are obvious defences such as stinging nettle-like strategies, and burning or blistering latex resins. Others use different methods to incapacitate. They include gastrointestinal distress (vomiting or purgation), blindness, neurological disability, or even asphyxia. This clearly illustrates the ingenuity of plant chemistry which, while daunting, has lead to some rather extraordinary discoveries. The poisonous potential of numerous plants coincides with a medicinal effect that can not be ignored. What is the difference between a po |
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| Beschreibung: | 472 pages |
| ISBN: | 9781925078077 1925078078 |