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    MOLECULES OF DEATH

    edited by R H Waring (University of Birmingham) , G B Steventon (University of London) , & S C Mitchell (University of London)

    Table of Contents (38k)
    Introduction (127k)
    Chapter 1: Aflatoxin (160k)

    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.

     
    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.
     
    “Each section is self-sufficient, enabling readers to dip into any chapter of interest at random. Tables, diagrams and photographs enhance the text and an adequate index is provided. I may be biased on this, but I found it enjoyable to read and the enthusiasm and anecdotal humour of the writers did bring the occasional wry smile.”
    International Society for the Study of Xenobiotics

     
    340pp    Pub. date: Feb 2002  
    ISBN:   978-1-86094-127-6
    1-86094-127-3
       US$40 / £32

     


    340pp    Pub. date: Feb 2002  
    ISBN:   978-1-86094-344-7(pbk)
    1-86094-344-6(pbk)
       US$23 / £18

     


     

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