Medical Toxicology of Natural Substances: Foods, Fungi, Medicinal Herbs, Plants, and Venomous Animals

by Donald G. Barceloux

• ISBN13: 9780470335574
• ISBN10: 0470335572
• Format: eBook
• Copyright: 2008-11-01
• Publisher: Wiley

Summary

Interest and information in the field of medical toxicology has grown rapidly, but there has never been a concise, authoritative reference focused on the subjects of natural substances, chemical and physical toxins, drugs of abuse, and pharmaceutical overdoses. Medical Toxicology of Natural Substances finally gives you an easily accessible resource for vital toxicological information on foods, plants, and animals in key areas in the natural environment.

Table of Contents

Foreword

Preface

Acknowledgments

Review Panel

Foodborne and Microbial Toxins

Chemical Contamination and Additives (Cyrus Rangan, MD, FAAP)

Food Contamination

Food Additives and Sensitivities

Staples and Spices

Akee Fruit and Jamaican Vomiting Sickness (Blighia sapida K??enig)

Cinnamon (Cinnamomum Species)

Cyanogenic Foods (Cassava, Fruit Kernels, and Cycad Seeds)

Cycad Seeds and Chronic Neurologic Disease (Cycas Species)

Djenkol Bean [Archidendron jiringa (Jack) I. C. Nielsen]

Grass Pea and Neurolathyrism (Lathyrus sativus L.)

Nutmeg (Myristica fragrans Houtt.)

Pepper and Capsaicin (Capsicum and Piper Species)

Potatoes, Tomatoes, and Solanine Toxicity (Solanum tuberosum L., Solanum lycopersicum L.)

Rhubarb and Oxalosis (Rheum Species)

Microbes

Bacteria (Cyrus Rangan, MD, FAAP)

Bacillus cereus

Campylobacter jejuni

Clostridium botulinum (Botulism)

Clostridium perfringens

Escherichia coli

Listeria monocytogenes

Salmonella

Shigella Species (Shiga Enterotoxins)

Staphylococcus aureus

Streptococcus Species

Vibrio Species

Yersinia enterocolitica

Other Microbes

Cyanobacteria

Protozoa and Intestinal Parasites

Gastrointestinal Viruses

Seafood

Amnesic Shellfish Poisoning and Domoic

Azaspiracid Shellfish Poisoning and Azaspiracid Toxins

Diarrhetic Shellfish Poisoning and Okadaic Acid

Neurotoxic Shellfish Poisoning and Brevetoxins

Paralytic Shellfi sh Poisoning and Saxitoxins

Ciguatera Fish Poisoning and Ciguatoxins

Puffer Fish Poisoning and Tetrodotoxin

Red Whelk and Tetramine

Scombroid Fish, Scombrotoxin, and Histamine

Fungal Toxins

Mushrooms

Amatoxin-Containing Mushrooms

False Morel and Gyromitrin Poisoning

Gastroenteritis-Producing Mushrooms

Inky Cap and Coprine Toxicity [Coprinus atramentarius (Bull.) Fr.]

Isoxazole-Containing Mushrooms and Pantherina Syndrome (Amanita muscaria, Amanita pantherina)

Muscarine-Containing Mushrooms and Muscarine Toxicity (Clitocybe and Inocybe Species)

Orellanine-Containing Mushrooms and Nephrotoxicity (Cortinarius Species)

Paxillus and Other Mushroom Syndromes

Mycotoxins

Mycotoxins

Medicinal Herbs and Essential Oils

Medicinal Herbs

Aloe Vera [Aloe vera (L.) Burm. f.]

Aristolochic Acid and Chinese Herb Nephropathy

Black Cohosh (Actaea racemosa L.)

Blue Cohosh [Caulophyllum thalictroides (L.) Michx.]

Borage (Borago officinalis L.)

Burdock Root (Arctium lappa L.)

Calamus (Acorus calamus L.)

Camphor (Cinnam<$$$>

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