عنوان

Plant Toxin Analysis

3662027836

9783662027837

b567003

Plant Toxin Analysis

[Book]

edited by Hans Ferdinand Linskens, John F. Jackson.

Berlin, Heidelberg

Springer Berlin Heidelberg

1992

(xxv, 389 pages)

Modern methods of plant analysis, 13.

Analytical Methods for Phytotoxins --; Quantitative Assays of Phytotoxins Using Plant Protoplasts and Isolated Cells --; Determination of Host-Selective Toxins --; Evaluating the Phototoxicity and Photogenotoxicity of Plant Secondary Compounds --; Toxic Extracellular Enzymes --; Analysis of Toxic Extracellular Polysaccharides --; Immunological Analysis of Mycotoxins --; Multi-Toxin TLC Methods for Aflatoxins, Ochratoxin A, Zearalenone and Sterigmatocystin in Foods --; Isolation and Characterization of Elicitors --; Identification and Characterization of Suppressors --; Screening for Plant Antioxidants --; Methods for the Analysis of Isoprene Emission from Leaves --; Analysis of Ecotoxic Agents Using Pollen Tests --; The Determination of the Allelopathic Potential of Pollen and Nectar --; Determination of Cyanide and Cyanogenic Glycosides from Plants.

Chemical defence by means of toxins poisonous to other organisms, be they animals or plants, is widespread amongst the plant kingdom - including microorganisms as well. This book embraces the analysis of a wide range of plant toxins and this fills a gap in the plant pathology and ecological biochemistry fields. The topics covered include toxic extracellular enzymes, host selective toxins, elicitors, phototoxins, aflatoxins, mycotoxins, and ecotoxic substance tests by pollen germination and growth. The analytical procedures, which are used to evaluate the toxins, are covered in such a way that the reader is able to carry them out mostly solely by following the detailed descriptions.

With contributions by numerous experts

Analytical biochemistry.

Life sciences.

Toxicology.

edited by Hans Ferdinand Linskens, John F. Jackson.

Hans Ferdinand Linskens

John F Jackson

[Book]

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