Toxinology

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Poisonous and presumably poisonous mushrooms
Well well , a real cobra , one of the four snakes in India with the most poisonous bites

The Toxinology is the interdisciplinary science of toxins , so that toxins derived from living organisms synthesized or sequestered be (enriched from other sources). These include microbial toxins , mycotoxins (toxins from mold), fungal toxins (toxins from large mushrooms), plant and animal toxins .

Toxinology is a branch of toxicology that deals with all toxins.

literature

  • Edstrom is different: Venomous and poisonous animals. Krieger Publishing Company, 1992, ISBN 0-89464-627-3 .
  • Donald G. Barceloux: Medical Toxicology of Natural Substances Foods, Fungi, Medicinal Herbs, Plants, and Venomous Animals. Wiley, 2008, ISBN 978-0-471-72761-3 .

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. J. Otto: Houby. Volume 11, Prague 1897, pp. 687-693.
  2. ^ Joseph Ewart: The poisonous snakes of India. J. & A. Churchill, London 1878.
  3. Anders Edstrom: Venomous and poisonous animals. Krieger Publishing Company, 1992, ISBN 0-89464-627-3 .