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Advances in “Omics” Approaches for Improving Toxic Metals/Metalloids Tolerance in Plants

open access: yesFrontiers in Plant Science, 2022
Food safety has emerged as a high-urgency matter for sustainable agricultural production. Toxic metal contamination of soil and water significantly affects agricultural productivity, which is further aggravated by extreme anthropogenic activities and ...
Ali Raza   +13 more
doaj   +2 more sources

Holiday Plants with Toxic Misconceptions [PDF]

open access: yesWestern Journal of Emergency Medicine, 2012
Several plants are used for their decorative effect during winter holidays. This review explores the toxic reputation and proposed management for exposures to several of those, namely poinsettia (Euphorbia pulcherrima), English holly (Ilex aquifolium ...
Zabrina N. Evens, Samuel J. Stellpflug
doaj   +6 more sources

Toxic proteins in plants

open access: yesPhytochemistry, 2015
Plants have evolved to synthesize a variety of noxious compounds to cope with unfavorable circumstances, among which a large group of toxic proteins that play a critical role in plant defense against predators and microbes. Up to now, a wide range of harmful proteins have been discovered in different plants, including lectins, ribosome-inactivating ...
Liuyi Dang, E. V. Van Damme
semanticscholar   +4 more sources

Toxic plants and companion animals. [PDF]

open access: yesCABI Reviews, 2009
Poisoning by substances of plant origin is unusual in both dogs and cats, yet it is possible; as many veterinarians do not know which plants can contain toxic active principles, the possibility of intoxication by ornamental plants commonly used to ...
SEVERINO, LORELLA
core   +4 more sources

Toxic Plants and Their Impact on Livestock Health and Economic Losses: A Comprehensive Review [PDF]

open access: yesJournal of Toxicology
Plants are important components in sustaining the life of humans and animals, balancing ecosystems, providing animal feed and edible food for human consumption, and serving as sources of traditional and modern medicine.
Tagesu Abdisa, Tegegn Dilbato Dinbiso
doaj   +2 more sources

Lead Uptake, Toxicity, and Detoxification in Plants [PDF]

open access: yes, 2011
Lead has gained considerable attention as a persistent toxic pollutant of concern, partly because it has been prominent in the debate concerning the growing anthropogenic pressure on the environment.
Dumat, Camille   +4 more
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Common Toxic Plants for Florida Horse Owners

open access: yesEDIS, 2023
This publication is intended to provide horse owners with critical information about common toxic plants encountered in Florida. Written by Alyssa Schortinghouse and Brent Sellers, and published by the UF/IFAS Veterinary Medicine—Large Animal Clinical ...
Alyssa Schortinghouse, Brent Sellers
doaj   +3 more sources

Accidental colchicine poisoning with fatal outcome after ingestion of meadow saffron (Colchicum autumnale L.) - Report of autopsy case [PDF]

open access: yesVojnosanitetski Pregled, 2020
Introduction. Meadow saffron (Colchicum autumnale L.) is a perennial herbaceous plant belonging to the Lily family (Liliacea). It is similar to the edible wild garlic (Allium ursinum L.).
Danilović Miloš   +4 more
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Tungsten Toxicity in Plants [PDF]

open access: yesPlants, 2012
Tungsten (W) is a rare heavy metal, widely used in a range of industrial, military and household applications due to its unique physical properties. These activities inevitably have accounted for local W accumulation at high concentrations, raising concerns about its effects for living organisms.
Eleftherios P. Eleftheriou   +2 more
openaire   +4 more sources

Heavy metals and proximate analysis of Sihar (Rhazya stricta Decne) collected from different sites of Warcha salt mine, Salt Range, Pakistan

open access: yesInternational Journal of Applied and Experimental Biology, 2022
Rhazya stricta is an important medicinal plant species distributed all over the Warcha salt mine in Pakistan. Analysis of proximate composition and metals is a commendable job to assess the suitability of the exploitation of medicinal plants on a large ...
Zafar Iqbal Khan   +9 more
doaj   +1 more source

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