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This book is based on a popular elective course taught to first year students at the University of Birmingham. It introduces the principles underlying toxicity and illustrates them by examples of poisons from gases, minerals, plants, fungi, bacteria and marine creatures. Each section is self-sufficient, enabling readers to dip into chapters of interest at random. The book is very informative, with numerous clinical details, and will appeal to all those who wish to delve into this fascinating subject.
Sample Chapter(s)
Introduction (127 KB)
Chapter 1: Aflatoxin (160 KB)
Contents:
- Aflatoxin (J C Ritchie)
- Botulinus Toxin (M E Shaw)
- Domoic Acid (R A R Tasker)
- Ecstasy (R Braithwaite)
- Heroin (R Braithwaite)
- Hydrogen Sulphide (G B Steventon)
- Mercury (S Aldred & R H Waring)
- Nerve Gases (J Burdon)
- Nicotine and the Tobacco Alkaloids (J W Gorrod & M-C Tsai)
- Phosphorus (S C Mitchell)
- Radon (J Woodhouse)
- Ricin (M J Ruse)
- Snake Toxins (I C Shaw)
- Spider Toxins (R H Waring)
- Strychnine (R M Harris)
- Tetrodotoxin (M Wheatley)
- Thallium (D Ramsden)
Readership: Biochemistry undergraduates and general readers.
