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Toxicants in plants and plant products
C R C Critical Reviews in Food Science and Nutrition, 1977 Toxicants are widely distributed in plants and plant products, including intentionally added, incidentally added, and naturally occurring food toxicants. This review covers the toxicity of some food additives: the distribution, residues, toxicity, and methods of removal of some pesticides and toxic metals; and the presence of naturally occurring ...
D. K. Salunkhe, M. T. Wu, G. E. Wood
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Three Cases of Burn Injury Due to Topical Ranunculus Use
Medicine Science, 2016 Ranunculus (buttercup or mayflower) is an important plant species causing chemical irritation. It is one of the traditional treatment methods usually used for rheumatic disorders in Central Anatolia particularly in spring and summer months.
Abuzer Coskun +7 more
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Diversitas Journal, 2019 Toxic plants are so named because they have bioavailable substances capable of causing metabolic abnormalities such changes are recognized as symptoms of intoxication.
Eládia Maria Santos +6 more
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Datura poisoning in a family: Case series and literature review
Clinical Case Reports, 2022 Datura spp. is a potentially poisonous plant that is widely spread and is simply accessible, which can yield poisoning with a central and peripheral anticholinergic effect.
Niloofar Khoshnam‐Rad +5 more
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Environment International, 2005 Due to its wide industrial use, chromium is considered a serious environmental pollutant. Contamination of soil and water by chromium (Cr) is of recent concern. Toxicity of Cr to plants depends on its valence state: Cr(VI) is highly toxic and mobile whereas Cr(III) is less toxic.
Herminia Loza-Tavera +3 more
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Ecotoxicology and Environmental Safety, 2000 Organic xenobiotics absorbed by roots and leaves of higher plants are translocated by different physiological mechanisms. The following pathways of xenobiotic detoxication have been observed in higher plants: conjugation with such endogenous compounds as peptides, sugars, amino acids, and organic acids; oxidative degradation and consequent oxidation of
F. Coulston +7 more
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Advances in “Omics” Approaches for Improving Toxic Metals/Metalloids Tolerance in Plants
Frontiers 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
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Photosynthetica, 2023 The effect of toxic element multicontamination on photosynthetic responses was observed in a greenhouse hydroponic culture of lettuce plants (Lactuca sativa var. capitata).
M. LHOTSKÁ +3 more
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Toxic plants act as indiscriminate protectors of insects
Communications Biology, 2021 Aposematism is a prey strategy to communicate toxicity or danger to predators, often through bright colours, and over time is learned by predators. McLellan et al. report in Current Biology that association between an aposematic insect and its host plant
Luke R. Grinham
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Plants, 2021 Herbal medicine and its therapeutic applications are widely practiced in northeastern Morocco, and people are knowledgeable about it. Nonetheless, there is a significant knowledge gap regarding their safety.
Loubna Kharchoufa +6 more
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