title: Plant poisons: their occurrence, biochemistry and physiological properties.
abstract: Plants produce poisons as a defence against predators. Many of these substances are biosynthesised from non-protein amino acids by biosynthetic pathways which have been deduced from the results of isotopic tracer analysis. These secondary metabolites have been used by humans over thousands of years, both as drugs and as agents to kill animals and commit homicide.
authors.affiliation: Butterfly Conservation Warwickshire, Kenilworth, Warwickshire, UK.
authors.forename: Margaret
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Vickery
mesh_terms: D000470:Alkaloids / Q000737:chemistry / Q000378:metabolism / Q000633:toxicity; D000596:Amino Acids / Q000737:chemistry / Q000378:metabolism / Q000633:toxicity; D000818:Animals; D006027:Glycosides / Q000737:chemistry / Q000378:metabolism / Q000633:toxicity; D006708:Homicide; D006801:Humans; D015394:Molecular Structure; D010939:Plant Poisoning; D010944:Plants / Q000737:chemistry* / Q000378:metabolism*; D011042:Poisons / Q000737:chemistry* / Q000378:metabolism*; D014326:Tropanes / Q000737:chemistry / Q000378:metabolism / Q000633:toxicity
chemical_list: D000470:Alkaloids; D000596:Amino Acids; D006027:Glycosides; D011042:Poisons; D014326:Tropanes