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Chemical Diversity of Plant Cyanogenic Glycosides: An Overview of Reported Natural Products

Molecules, 2021
Cyanogenic glycosides are an important and widespread class of plant natural products, which are however structurally less diverse than many other classes of natural products.
Meri Yulvianti, Christian Zidorn
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Ribosome-Inactivating Proteins from Plants: A Historical Overview

Molecules, 2016
This review provides a historical overview of the research on plant ribosome-inactivating proteins (RIPs), starting from the first studies at the end of eighteenth century involving the purification of abrin and ricin, as well as the immunological ...
Andrea Bolognesi, Massimo Bortolotti, Stefania Maiello, Maria Giulia Battelli, Letizia Polito   +4 more
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Studies on Resistance to Vegetative (Vip3A) and Crystal (Cry1A) Insecticidal Toxins of Bacillus thuringiensis in Heliothis virescens (Fabricius) [PDF]

, 2009
Bacillus thuringiensis (Bt) toxins expressed in commercial transgenic crop varieties are all δ-endotoxins (Cry toxins) but the identification of novel vegetative insecticidal proteins (Vip toxins) has extended the range of insecticidal proteins derived
Pickett, Brian R, Pickett, Brian R
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Development and Validation of a UHPLC-ESI-MS/MS Method for Quantification of Oleandrin and Other Cardiac Glycosides and Evaluation of Their Levels in Herbs and Spices from the Belgian Market

Toxins, 2020
Cardiac glycosides (CGs) are naturally occurring plant secondary metabolites that can be toxic to humans and animals. The aim of this work was to develop a targeted analytical method utilizing liquid chromatography—tandem mass spectrometry (LC-MS/MS) for
Svetlana V. Malysheva, Patrick P. J. Mulder, Julien Masquelier   +2 more
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Ptaquiloside and Pterosin B Levels in Mature Green Fronds and Sprouts of Pteridium arachnoideum

Toxins, 2020
Pteridium arachnoideum, a fern of the Pteridium aquilinum species complex found in South America, is responsible for several different syndromes of poisoning.
Debora da Silva Freitas Ribeiro, Kelly Moura Keller, Benito Soto-Blanco   +2 more
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Modulation of Ricin Intoxication by the Autophagy Inhibitor EACC

Toxins, 2022
The compound EACC (ethyl (2-(5-nitrothiophene-2-carboxamido) thiophene-3-carbonyl) carbamate) was recently reported to inhibit fusion of autophagosomes with lysosomes in a reversible manner by inhibiting recruitment of syntaxin 17 to autophagosomes.
Kirsten Sandvig, Simona Kavaliauskiene, Anne Grethe Myrann, Tore Geir Iversen, Tore Skotland   +4 more
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Insight into the Impact of Food Processing and Culinary Preparations on the Stability and Content of Plant Alkaloids Considered as Natural Food Contaminants

Applied Sciences, 2023
Pyrrolizidine alkaloids, tropane alkaloids and opium alkaloids are natural plant toxins that have recently gained special interest in food safety due to their concerning occurrence in many foods and feeds.
Natalia Casado, Gema Casado-Hidalgo, Lorena González-Gómez, Sonia Morante-Zarcero, Isabel Sierra   +4 more
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Environmental risk assessment of genetically modified plants - concepts and controversies [PDF]

, 2011
Background and purpose: In Europe, the EU Directive 2001/18/EC lays out the main provisions of environmental risk assessment (ERA) of genetically modified (GM) organisms that are interpreted very differently by different stakeholders. The purpose of this
A Hilbeck, A Hilbeck, A Hilbeck, A Hilbeck, A Hilbeck, A Hilbeck, A Lang, A Raps, A Raybould, A Raybould, AL Cerdeira, ANE Birch, B Lutz, C Hawes, C Zwahlen, C Zwahlen, CB Blackwood, CBD, Council of the European Union, D Saxena, DA Andow, DA Andow, DA Andow, DJ Baird, EC, EC, EFSA, EJ Rosi-Marshall, Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), EP Millstone, EPA Environmental Protection Agency OPPTS 7501P, EurActive, FAO/WHO, J Romeis, J Romeis, J Romeis, J Scheirs, JD Harwood, JD Harwood, KC Nelson, KC Nelson, KR Hayes, KR Hayes, LB Obrist, M Dolezel, M Douville, M Garcia-Alonso, M Mendelsohn, MC Arregui, MR Berenbaum, National Research Council (NRC), OECD, OECD (Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development), PM Chapman, Royal Society of Canada, T Bøhn, VE Forbes, W Freese   +57 more
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Troublesome toxins: time to re-think plant-herbivore interactions in vertebrate ecology

BMC Ecology, 2009
Earlier models of plant-herbivore interactions relied on forms of functional response that related rates of ingestion by herbivores to mechanical or physical attributes such as bite size and rate. These models fail to predict a growing number of findings
Feng Zhilan, DeAngelis Donald L, Swihart Robert K, Bryant John P   +3 more
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Global Challenges and Solutions in the early Warning, Monitoring and Toxicity Assessment of Biotoxins in the Food and Feed Chain

Liang you shipin ke-ji, 2021
There is a massive and urgent need to ensure safety and security of the food supply of the world´s growing population. However, global agriculture and food industries continue to be vulnerable to problems of contamination with biotoxins produced by ...
Rudolf Krska, Eskola Mari , BERTHILLER Franz, NIELEN Michel, OSWALD Isabelle, ELLIOTT Chris, MCNERNEY Oonagh, BOTANALUIS Miguel, MALACHOVÁ Alexandra   +8 more
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