Natural Poisons and Venoms: Plant Toxins: Terpenes and Steroids

Eberhard Teuscher; Ulrike Lindequist

Published by De Gruyter 2023

Natural Poisons and Venoms

Plant Toxins: Terpenes and Steroids

Eberhard Teuscher and Ulrike Lindequist

In the series De Gruyter STEM

https://doi.org/10.1515/9783110724738

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About this book

Biogenic toxins are fascinating natural products characterized by an enormous diversity of chemical structures and pharmacological activities. They not only pose hazards to humans and animals, but they are important components in the interplay of substances and living beings in nature and, moreover, important sources for new drugs.

The present book is the first volume of the 5-volume series "Natural Poisons and Venoms". Volumes 1-3 cover poisons produced by plants, volume 4 summarizes poisons and venoms of animals and volume 5 deal with poisons of fungi, cyanobacteria, and other microorganisms.

This volume starts with a fundamental chapter on history, chemistry and pharmacology of natural toxins, importance of the toxins for their producer, potential danger for humans and animals, and general aspects of toxicology including notes for first aid and proposals for clinical measures. The following chapters focus on the poisonous representatives of terpenes and the related steroids. The reader will be informed about the botany and occurrence of plants producing these toxins, the chemistry, the biogenesis and the pharmacology of the toxins, possible causes of poisonings, precautions to avoid poisonings, symptoms of poisonings of humans and animals, proposals for treatment measures and the possible usefulness, in the past, in present and in the future, of these toxins, especially for the development of new medicines.

Numerous images of plants and chemical structural formulas complete the book. Extensive lists of literature references are given.

The handbook is intended for physicians, veterinarians, pharmacists, chemists, biochemists, food chemists and biologists, for the students in the relevant fields, and also for interested laymen.

You will be informed about all aspects of natural toxins based on the latest knowledge.

Covers all aspects of the toxicology of all living organisms and natural foods, chemistry, action mechanisms, symptoms of intoxications.
It is the only book arranged on a strict scientific base according to biogenetic origin and chemical structure.

Author / Editor information

Eberhard Teuscher, former Professor for Pharmaceutical Biology at the University of Greifswald, Germany, and former Dean of the Faculty for Natural Sciences. Main fields of his research work were secondary metabolism of fungi, especially of ergot, and of higher plants, the mode of action of essential oils, and pharmacological investigations of the effects of natural compounds on in-vitro cultivated human and animal cells. He is the author of numerous textbooks, monographs and about 150 scientific papers. His books on "Culinary Herbs, Spices, Spice Mixtures and Their Essential Oils" awarded the James A. Duke Award of the American Botanical Society.

Ulrike Lindequist, former Professor for Pharmaceutical Biology at the University of Greifswald, Germany, and from 1992 till March 2016 Head of the Department for Pharmaceutical Biology at the Institute for Pharmacy of this University. She became an emeritus professor in Aprile, 2016. Her research focused on isolation, chemistry, pharmacology, and toxicology of natural compounds from plants, microorganisms and mushrooms, quality, pharmacology and applicability of medicinal mushrooms, marine biotechnology and plasma medicine. She has published about 300 scientific papers and several books and monographs.

Books published jointly by the two authors include „Biogene Arzneimittel", 8th edition in 2020, and „Biogene Gifte", 3rd edition in 2010.

Reviews

"An jedem Kapitel ist das immense Wissen der Autoren und die sehr umfassende Literatur-Recherche
erkennbar, die sich auch in den kapitelweise angegebenen, umfangreichen
Referenzen widerspiegelt. Es macht Spaß, in dem Buch zu lesen und zu blättern. Zusätzlich ist es auch
noch unglaublich informativ. Man kann sich auf die anderen Bände freuen!" Ilse Zündorf in: Pharmakon, 5/2023

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Frontmatter Publicly Available Download PDF	I
Preface Publicly Available Download PDF	V
A Short Glance on This Volume Publicly Available Download PDF	VII
Contents Publicly Available Download PDF	IX
Abbreviations and Icons Publicly Available Download PDF	XV
1 Natural Poisons Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	1
2 Terpenes Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	41
3 Monoterpenes Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	45
4 Sesquiterpenes Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	74
5 Diterpenes Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	109
6 Triterpenes Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	156
7 Tetraterpenes Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	181
8 Steroids Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	185
9 Saponins Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	263
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(Deutsch)

Language: English
Publisher: De Gruyter
Audience: Chemists, Pharmacists, Biologists and Medical Professionals, Interested Laymen, Professors and Students in these fields.
Pages
- Front matter: 15
- Main content: 333
Illustrations
- Illustrations: 70
- Coloured Illustrations: 119
- Tables: 14
Keywords: Poisons; Pharmacology; Toxicology

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Published: June 6, 2023
ISBN: 9783110724738

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Published: June 6, 2023
ISBN: 9783110724721