The importance and mitigation of mycotoxins and plant toxins in Southeast Asian fermented foods [PDF]
npj Science of Food, 2022 Fermented foods (ffs) and beverages are widely consumed in Southeast Asia (SEA) for their nutritional balance, flavor, and food security. They serve as vehicles for beneficial microorganisms performing a significant role in human health.
Iyiola O. Owolabi +4 more
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Introduction to the Toxins Special Issue on Plant Toxins [PDF]
Toxins, 2015 Plants express a variety of toxic proteins which are thought to have a role in defense against pathogens and insects. [...]
Nilgun E. Tumer
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Plant Toxins: Poison or Therapeutic?
CHIMIA, 2020 Many plants that are classed as poisonous also have therapeutic uses, and this is illustrated using members of the Drimia and Digitalis genera which are sources of cardiac glycosides.
Catherine E. Housecroft
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Tissue-specific plant toxins and adaptation in a specialist root herbivore. [PDF]
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A, 2023 Significance A plant in nature is often attacked by a multitude of insect pests. How does a plant coordinate defending itself, especially if those insects attack different parts of the plant?
Agrawal AA, Hastings AP.
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ABCB transporters in a leaf beetle respond to sequestered plant toxins. [PDF]
Proc Biol Sci, 2020 Phytophagous insects can tolerate and detoxify toxic compounds present in their host plants and have evolved intricate adaptations to this end. Some insects even sequester the toxins for their defence.
Kowalski P +4 more
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Microbial degradation of plant toxins
Environmental Microbiology, 2023 Abstract Plants produce a variety of secondary metabolites in response to biotic and abiotic stresses. Although they have many functions, a subclass of toxic secondary metabolites mainly serve plants as deterring agents against herbivores, insects, or pathogens.
Magda A. Rogowska‐van der Molen +4 more
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Gut bacteria of lepidopteran herbivores facilitate digestion of plant toxins. [PDF]
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S ASignificance Although Lepidoptera (butterflies and moths) is one of the largest orders and a primary group of phytophagous insects, little is known about the functions of microbes associated with larvae, probably due to the complex host–microbe ...
Zhang N +8 more
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Sequestration and activation of plant toxins protect the western corn rootworm from enemies at multiple trophic levels. [PDF]
Elife, 2017 Highly adapted herbivores can phenocopy two-component systems by stabilizing, sequestering and reactivating plant toxins. However, whether these traits protect herbivores against their enemies is poorly understood.
Robert CA +7 more
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American Journal of Biomedical Science & Research, 2019 Plant toxins are generally the metabolites produce through plants to protect themselves against different threats like insects, predators and microorganisms These toxins found in food plants is due to natural or new reproduction methods which enhance ...
Ogori Akama Friday
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Discovery and characterization of a prevalent human gut bacterial enzyme sufficient for the inactivation of a family of plant toxins. [PDF]
Elife, 2018 Although the human gut microbiome plays a prominent role in xenobiotic transformation, most of the genes and enzymes responsible for this metabolism are unknown.
Koppel N +4 more
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