Handbook of plant and animal toxins in food : occurrence, toxicity, and prevention

Author(s)

• Nayik, Gulzar Ahmad
• Kour, Jasmeet

Bibliographic Information

Handbook of plant and animal toxins in food : occurrence, toxicity, and prevention

edited by Gulzar Ahmad Nayik, Jasmeet Kour

CRC Press, 2022

• : hardback

Note

Includes bibliographical references and index

Description and Table of Contents

Description

Presents complete knowledge about the plethora of toxins Provides quick and easy access to major plant & animal toxins. Covers distribution of toxins in plant & animal kingdom Provides comprehensive information on chemistry, safety & precautions of each toxin

Table of Contents

An overview on Food Toxins. Phytates. Tannins. Solanine & chaconine. Oxalates. Goitrogens. Gossypol. Erucic Acid. Saponins. Cynogenic Glycoside. Phytohaemagglutinin. Enzymatic inhibitors (Protease inhibitors, Amylase inhibitors, Cholinesterase inhibitors). Glycyrrhizic Acid. BOAA: A neurotoxin. Toxic Amino Acids & Fatty Acids. Paralytic Shellfish Toxins. Maitotoxin: The Marine Toxin. Palytoxin. Gonyautoxin. Dendrotoxin. Batrachotoxin. Conotoxin. Toxins in Sea Anemone. Biogenic Amines. Emerging food toxins and contaminants.

by "Nielsen BookData"

• NCID: BC12870733
• ISBN:
  • 9781032013954
• Country Code: us
• Title Language Code: eng
• Text Language Code: eng
• Place of Publication: Boca Raton
• Pages/Volumes: xx, 450 p.
• Size: 27 cm
• Classification:
  • DC23 : 615.954
  • NDLC : SD74
• Subject Headings:
  • LCSH : Food -- Toxicology
  • LCSH : Toxins