Mode of action and toxicology of plant toxins and poisonous plants

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  • M. Wink

Abstract

Abstract

Plants have evolved the strategy to produce bioactive natural products as a means of defence against herbivores and microbes. Some plants produce toxins that can severely damage or kill a herbivore. The molecular mode of action of neurotoxins, cytotoxins, metabolic poisons, mutagens and toxins that affect skin and mucosal tissues are summarised and discussed. Important poisonous plants of Europe, their toxins and toxicology are tabulated, as this group of plants can provide lead compounds for the development of natural pesticides against insects, slugs or rodents.

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2010-03-24