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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
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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
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Spontaneous poisoning by Baccharis vulneraria Backer in cattle [PDF]

open access: yesPesquisa Veterinária Brasileira, 2022
: Baccharis vulneraria Backer is a sub-shrub frequently found in southern Brazil, which leads to gastrointestinal tract intoxication. The objective of this study is to describe epidemiological, clinical and anatomopathological aspects of two cases of B ...
Leonardo S. Costa   +7 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
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Clinical and laboratory findings in sheep experimentally poisoned by Palicourea marcgravii and the use of magnesium chloride with possible therapeutic effect on poisoning

open access: yesPesquisa Veterinária Brasileira, 2021
: This study aimed to examine the efficacy of magnesium chloride therapy in sheep experimentally poisoned by Palicourea marcgravii and describe the clinical and laboratory findings that may aid in early ante mortem diagnosis of this poisoning.
Isabelle M. Cunha   +7 more
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Protodioscin levels in Brachiaria spp. in a sheep production system and a brief review of the literature of Brachiaria spp. poisoning in ruminants

open access: yesPesquisa Veterinária Brasileira, 2021
: Plants of the genus Brachiaria, used in several countries as forage, are poisonous to some livestock species. Their toxic principle is protodioscin, and the main form of clinical presentation of the toxicosis is hepatogenous photosensitization. Here we
Alberto O. Gaspar   +7 more
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The status of Fusarium mycotoxins in Sub-Saharan Africa : a review of emerging trends and post-harvest mitigation strategies towards food control [PDF]

open access: yes, 2017
Fusarium fungi are common plant pathogens causing several plant diseases. The presence of these molds in plants exposes crops to toxic secondary metabolites called Fusarium mycotoxins. The most studied Fusarium mycotoxins include fumonisins, zearalenone,
Atanda, Olusegun Oladimeji   +3 more
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Lysosomal storage disease induced by Sida planicaulis (Sin. Sida carpinifolia) (Malvaceae) in sheep in the state of Rio de Janeiro

open access: yesArquivo Brasileiro de Medicina Veterinária e Zootecnia, 2022
Ingestion of S. planicaulis (Sin. S. carpinifolia) causes lysosomal storage disease in sheep. The main toxic compound of this plant, swainsonine, inhibits the enzymatic activity of α-mannosidase I and II, resulting in lysosomal storage of glycoproteins ...
A.M. Santos   +7 more
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Phenolic Profile, Antioxidant and Enzyme Inhibition Properties of the Chilean Endemic Plant Ovidia pillopillo (Gay) Meissner (Thymelaeaceae)

open access: yesMetabolites, 2022
Ovidia pillopillo (Lloime) is an endemic species of the Valdivian Forest of Chile. Little is known on the chemistry and biological activity of this plant.
Carmen Cortés   +10 more
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