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1: Evolution of Toxins and Anti-nutritional Factors in Plants with Special Emphasis on Leguminosae 2: Lack of Apparent Base Sequence Preference of Activated Pyrrolizidine Alkaloid Cross-links with DNA 3: Correlation of an Endophytic Fungus (Alternaria spp.) with the Presence of Swainsonine in Lambert Locoweed (Oxytropis lambertii) 4: Delphinium Alkaloid Toxicosis in Cattle from Switzerland 5: Toxicity of a Pyrrolizidine Alkaloid, Riddelliine, in Neonatal Pigs 6: Bacteria and Corynetoxin-like Toxins in Nematode Seed-galls in Festuca nigrescens from North America and New Zealand 7: Preliminary in vitro Studies of Cistus salvifolius Leaves in Relation to Metabolic Disorders in Sheep 8: Fusarochromanone and Wortmannin: Novel Fusarium Toxins 9: Improved Methods for the Extraction and Purification of Corynetoxins for Preparative or Analytical Purposes using Water Solublizing Additives 10: Nephrotic Syndrome in Cattle Caused by the Shrub Nolletia gariepina in the Kalahari Sandveld of Southern Africa 11: The Concentration of Steroidal Sapogenins in and the Degree of Fungal Infection on Narthecium ossifragum Plants in More and Romsdal County, Norway 12: Calcinosis in Ruminants due to Plant Poisoning: Contributions on the Pathogenesis 13: Evaluation of Ipomoea carnea Toxicity to Growing Goats: Clinical, Biochemical, Haematological and Pathological Alterations 14: Chemical and Pharmacological Investigation of Macrocyclic Diterpenoids Isolated from Euphorbia Species 15: Disposition of Swainsonine in Sheep Following Acute Oral Exposure 16: Stimulating Effect of Aflatoxin B1 on Lipid Peroxidation in the in vitro Model Systems 17: An Indirect Competitive ELISA for Pyrrolizidine Alkaloids of Heliotropium europaeum 18: Victor King Chesnut (1867-1938), A Poisonous Plant Pioneer 19: Phomopsin Intoxication of the Rat Causes Prodigious Loss of Body Weight and Liver Weight 20: The Role of Condensed Tannins on the Rumen Degradation of Lotus pedunculatus 21: Cyclopiazonic Acid: Food Chain Contaminant? 22: Calystegines Isolated from Ipomoea spp. Possibly Associated with an Ataxia Syndrome in Cattle in North Western Australia 23: Spectrofluorometric Analysis of Phylloerythrin in Plasma and Skin from Sheep Suffering from Hepatogenous Photosensitization 24: Plants Toxic for Domestic Animals in the State of Paraíba, Northeastern Brazil 25: Occurrence of Cyanogenic Glycosides in Seeds and Seedlings of Idiospermum australiense, a Primitive Rainforest Angiosperm from Tropical Australia 26: Photosensitization in Cattle in Southern Brazil 27: Transformed Root Cultures of Solanum dulcamara and Production of Secondary Metabolites 28: Antibacterial Properties of Phytochemicals in Aromatic Plants in Poultry Diets 29: Microbial Metabolism of Tannins 30: Modulation of Escherichia coli Shiga Toxin Activity on Vero Cells by the Use of the Secondary Plant Compound Swainsonine 31: The Identification of Corynetoxin-like Tunicaminyluracil-glycolipids from Nematode Galls in Festuca nigrescens from North America and New Zealand 32: The Metabolism of Saponins from Yucca schidigera in Sheep 33: Ecological, Physiological and Behavioural Interactions between Marsupial Folivores and Eucalyptus Antifeedants 34: PCR Amplification for Detection of Synergistes jonesii, the Ruminal Bacterium that Degrades the Toxins of Leucaena leucocephala 35: Bracken Fern (genus Pteridium) Toxicity - A Global Problem 36: Histochemical Studies of Bracken Fern: Localization of Phenolic and Tannin Defences in Bracken Accessions along an Altitudinal Gradient in the Neotropics 37: Chronic Toxicity in Cattle due to Pteridium aquilinum (Bracken Fern) in Tarija Department, Bolivia: An Interdisciplinary Investigation 38: Ptaquiloside in Bracken and in Topsoil in 20 Danish Bracken Populations 39: Pathological Aspects of Cyanobacterial Toxicity 40: Effect of Senna occidentalis Seed in Laying Hens: Evaluation of the Toxicity and Egg Production 41: Intoxication by Crotalaria retusa in Ruminants and Equidae in the State of Paraíba, Northeastern Brazil 42: Pathology of Experimental Stemodia kingii Intoxication in the Mouse 43: A Procedure for the Estimation of the Daily Intake of Saponins from Pasture by Sheep 44: Exposure of Native Australian Parrots to Pyrrolizidine Alkaloids 45: Poisonous Sedges: The Galegine Content of Schoenus rigens at Various Growth Stages 46: Lupin Non-starch Polysaccharides and their Effects on Chickens 47: Lectin Histochemical Study of Lipopigments Present in the Cerebellum of Solanum fastigiatum var. fastigiatum Intoxicated Cattle 48: Ipomoea carnea Induced Enhanced Macrophage Activity (Phagocytosis and Peroxide Production) in Immunocompetent Rats 49: Advanced Multidimensional NMR Experiments as Tools for Structure Determination of Amaryllidaceae Alkaloids 50: Characterization of Steroidal Sapogenins in Panicum virgatum L. (Switchgrass) 51: Common Natural and Experimental Plant Intoxications in Animals Reported in Cuba 52: Intoxication by Prosopis juliflora Pods (Mesquite Beans) in Cattle and Goats in Northeastern Brazil 53: Screening Poisonous Plant Toxins for Cytotoxicity Using Bovine Embryos Produced by in vitro Fertilization Techniques 54: Growth of Bracken in Denmark and the Content of Ptaquiloside in Fronds, Rhizomes and Roots 55: Poisonous Plant Research: Biomedical Applications 56: Essential Amino Acids and Antimetabolites in the Seed Kernel of an Unconventional Legume, Gila Bean (Entada phaseoloides Merrill) 57: The Detection and Estimation of Pyrrolizidine Alkaloids in Plants and Feeds using an ELISA 58: Monocrotaline Pyrrole Protein Targets in Pulmonary Artery Endothelial Cells 59: Analysis of Corynetoxins: A Comparative Study of an Indirect Competitive ELISA and HPLC 60: Pavetamine: an Inhibitor of Protein Synthesis in the Heart 61: Effects of the Mycotoxins Lolitrem B and Paxilline on Gastrointestinal Smooth Muscle, Cardiovascular and Respiratory Systems and Temperature in Sheep 62: Conditioned Feed Aversion as a Means of Preventing Sheep from Grazing Vermeerbos (Geigeria ornativa) 63: Prenatal Toxicity of Cyanide in Goats - a Model for Teratological Studies in Ruminants 64: The Clinical and Morphological Changes of Intermittent Locoweed (Oxytropis sericea) Poisoning in Sheep 65: Biological Control of the Toxic Shrub Juniper 66: The Effect on Quail of Feed Contaminated with the Mycotoxin Aurofusarin 67: Effect of Tunicamycins on GlcNAc-1-P Transferase Activity in Rat Tissues and Toxic Effects during Pregnancy and Lactation 68: Experiences with the Quantitative Trace Analysis of Pyrrolizidine Alkaloids using GCMS and LCMS 69: Perinatal Study of Senna occidentalis Intoxication in Rabbits 70: Fetal Effects of Maternal Ingestion of Solanum malacoxylon: Evaluation in Rats 71: A Survey of Venezuelan Plants Toxic to Livestock and their Potential as Anti-insect Materials 72: Dietary Butylated Hydroxytoluene Protects Against Aflatoxicosis in Turkeys 73: Mycotoxins in Agricultural Crops 74: Intoxication by Ramaria flavo-brunnescens in Domestic Animals 75: Natural Antioxidants and Mycotoxins: Theoretical Considerations and Practical Applications 76: Rumex obtusifolius: Its Costs and the Benefits of Control 77: Effect of Varying Trypsin Inhibitor Activity of Full Fat Soya on Nutritional Value for Broiler Chicks 78: The Bioactivity-guided Isolation and Structural Identification of Two Novel Toxic Steroidal Glucosides, Stemodiosides B3 and B4 from Stemodia kingii 79: The Effect of Pattern of Feeding on the Development of Food Preferences in Goats in Response to Positive and Negative Post-ingestive Consequences 80: Conditioned Feed Aversion as a Means of Preventing Intake of Yellow-tulp (Homeria pallida) by Livestock 81: Plant-associated Diseases, Either New or New to the State, Encountered Over the Last Decade (1991-2001) in Western Australia 82: Steroidal Sapogenins and Saponins in Narthecium ossifragum from Scotland 83: Transfer of Cyanide and its Main Metabolite Thiocyanate in Milk: Study of Cyanogenic Plants Ingestion during Lactation in Goats 84: The Effect of Feeding Broilers Tall Fescue Grass (Festuca arundinacea) Seeds Containing the Endophyte Toxin Ergovaline on Ascites Syndrome Morbidity 85: Bovine Enzootic Haematuria on São Miguel Island - Azores 86: Toxicophenology and Grazing Risk Models of Tall Larkspur

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