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Biogenic toxins are fascinating natural products characterized by an enormous diversity of chemical structures and pharmacological activities. They not only pose hazards to humans and animals, but they are important components in the interplay of substances and living beings in nature and, moreover, important sources for new drugs. Numerous images of plants and chemical structural formulas complete the book, as well as extensive references for further reading.
The multivolume reference is an essential resource for physicians, veterinarians, pharmacists, chemists, biochemists, food chemists and biologists, for students in the relevant fields, and maybe for interested laymen. All aspects of natural toxins based on the latest scientific knowledge are included:
Frontmatter i
Preface v
A Short Glance on Volume 2 vii
Contents ix
Abbreviations and Icons xv
1. Aliphatic Acids and Their Lactones 1
2. Polyynes and Alkynes 42
3. Polyketides 65
4. Phenylpropane Derivatives 130
5. Naphthalene and Anthracene Derivatives 185
6. Amino Acids 235
7. Amines 268
8. Cyanogenic Compounds 300
9. Glucosinolates 334
10. Aliphatic Nitro Compounds 360
Cross-Chapter Literature and Further Reading 369
Poison Information Centers 377
Index 379
Eberhard Teuscher, former Professor of Pharmaceutical Biology at the University of Greifswald, Germany, and former Dean of the Faculty for Natural Sciences. The main fields of his research work were the secondary metabolism of fungi, especially of ergot, and of higher plants, the mode of action of essential oils, and pharmacological investigations of the effects of natural compounds on in-vitro cultivated human and animal cells. He is the author of numerous textbooks, monographs and about 150 scientific papers. His books on Culinary Herbs, Spices, Spice Mixtures and Their Essential Oils were awarded the James A. Duke Award of the American Botanical Society.
Ulrike Lindequist, former Professor of Pharmaceutical Biology at the University of Greifswald, Germany, and from 1992 till March 2016 Head of the Department for Pharmaceutical Biology at the Institute for Pharmacy of this University. She became an emeritus professor in Aprile, 2016. Her research focused on the isolation, chemistry, pharmacology, and toxicology of natural compounds from plants, microorganisms and mushrooms, quality, pharmacology and applicability of medicinal mushrooms, marine biotechnology and plasma medicine. She has published about 300 scientific papers and several books and monographs.
Books published jointly by the two authors include Biogene Arzneimittel, 8th edition in 2020, and Biogene Gifte, 3rd edition in 2010.
