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Holiday Plants with Toxic Misconceptions [PDF]
Western 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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Tungsten Toxicity in Plants [PDF]
Plants, 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
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Phytochemistry, 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 ...
Dang, Liuyi, Van Damme, Els J.M.
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Determination of phytoextraction potential of plant speciesfor toxic elements in soils of abandoned sulphide-mining areas [PDF]
, 2009 This study has determined contamination levels in soils and plants from the Sa˜o Domingos mining area, Portugal, by k0-INAA. Total concentrations of As, Sb, Cr, Hg, Cu, Zn and Fe in soils were very high, exceeding the maximum limits in Portuguese ...
Anawar, H. M. +9 more
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A conditional marker gene allowing both positive and negative selection in plants [PDF]
, 2004 Selectable markers enable transgenic plants or cells to be identified after transformation. They can be divided into positive and negative markers conferring a selective advantage or disadvantage, respectively.
Erikson, Oskar +2 more
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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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A sabbath in the emergency room or a case of anticholinergic toxicity?
Emergency Care Journal, 2022 We report the case of a 32-year-old Italian man admitted to our emergency room for visual disturbances with blurred vision, anisocoria and temporal headache suddenly occurred in absence of other neurological symptoms.
Antonio Agosti +9 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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Ciência Rural, 2023 : Nerium oleander, also known as “espirradeira” in Brazil, is a shrub or small tree widely used as an ornamental plant in temperate and subtropical regions of the world. Ingestion of N.
Alexia Amanda Zorzan +8 more
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