Plant poisoning is a common problem throughout North America, causing significant economic losses not only through death loss, but through the costs associated with reproductive loss, poor growth rates, herbicides, etc. Through good pasture management, recognizing toxic plants, and by understanding the effects of toxins on animals, plant poisoning can be largely avoided. Plants contain a variet...

Venomous animals are those that, by means of a hunting and defense mechanism, are able to inject their prey with a toxic substance produced in their bodies, directly from specialized glands (e.g., tooth, sting, spur) through which the poison passes. Millipedes are poisonous animals; they can be harmful to humans, and their effects usually manifest as erythematous, purpuric, and cyanotic lesions...

INTEREST IN POISONOUS FISHES has intensified greatly in recent years. World Wat II brought many Americans and Europeans to tropical areas of the world where fish poisoning is common. Also, interest in the welfare of native populations of the Pacific islands has developed widely, and there is an impression that fish poisoning is increasing. In spite of an extensive literature, there is considera...

Introduction This study treats of our midcontinental soils and of the wonderful network of roots within them of a vegetation which has clothed them for untold centuries. This vegetation has almost vanished so great has been the toll of the tractor-drawn plow, over-grazing and trampling, injudicious use of poisonous sprays, building of highways, and other causes. Virgin prairie and undisturbed s...

Animal venoms comprise a complex mixture of components that affect several biological systems. Based on the high selectivity for their molecular targets, these components are also a rich source of potential therapeutic agents. Among the main components of animal venoms are the secreted phospholipases A₂ (sPLA₂s). These PLA₂ belong to distinct PLA₂s groups. For example, snake venom sPLA₂s from E...

a treatise on the modern methods in the diagnosis and treatment of poisoning, written in German by Professor Leschke of the Berlin University. Both in India and Europe cases of poisoning, suicidal and homicidal, are on the increase. The ever-increasing use of poisons in industry, the increasing number of suicides and homicides with poisons due to world-wide social, political and economic upheav...

Plants produce poisons to protect themselves, sometimes at levels toxic enough kill human or livestock. Through trial and error, our forebears established which plants were edible caused harm. They then avoided the harmful species in some cases also knowingly used them as weapons rivals, criminals animals, drugs evoke hallucinations subject victims by ordeal. While knowledge of poisonous may ha...

(a) Act means the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act. (b) The definitions of terms contained in section 201 of the act are applicable to such terms when used in this part unless modified in this section. (c) A naturally occurring poisonous or deleterious substance is a poisonous or deleterious substance that is an inherent natural constituent of a food and is not the result of environmental, ...

Problem from eating poisonous seafood can be seen in marine medicine[1-3]. Several marine animals can be toxic. The good examples are fishes[4], mussels[5] and shellfishes[6,7]. Horseshoe crab (Carcinoscorpius rotundicauda) can be poisonous and intoxication due to intake is possible[8]. Horseshoe crab poisoning can be seen in many countries with seacoasts including China and Thailand. In animal...