Biogenic toxins are fascinating natural products characterized by an enormous diversity of chemical structures and pharmacological activities. They not only pose hazards to humans and animals, but they are important components in the interplay of substances and living beings in nature and, moreover, important sources for new drugs.
Numerous images of plants and chemical structural formulas complete the book, as well as extensive references for further reading.
The multivolume reference is an essential resource for physicians, veterinarians, pharmacists, chemists, biochemists, food chemists and biologists, for students in the relevant fields, and maybe for interested laymen.
All aspects of natural toxins based on the latest scientific knowledge are included:
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- All aspects of the toxicology of all living organisms and natural foods, chemistry, action mechanisms, symptoms of intoxications.
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- The only book arranged on a strictly scientific base according to the biogenetic origin and chemical structure.
Natural Poisons and Venoms in 5 Volumes:
Volume 1: Plant Toxins: Terpenes and Steroids, 2023, ISBN 978-3-11-072472-1
Volume 2: Plant Toxins: Polyketides, Phenylpropanoids and Further Compounds 2024, ISBN 978-3-11-072851-4
Volume 3: Plant Toxins: Alkaloids and Lectins 2025, ISBN 978-3-11-112740-8
Volume 4: Animal Toxins 2023, ISBN 978-3-11-072854-5
Volume 5: Fungal and Microbial Tpxins, 2025, ISBN 978-3-11-072856-9
Eberhard Teuscher, former Professor for Pharmaceutical Biology at the University of Greifswald, Germany, and former Dean of the Faculty for Natural Sciences. Main fields of his research work were secondary metabolism of fungi, especially of ergot, and of higher plants, the mode of action of essential oils, and pharmacological investigations of the effects of natural compounds on in-vitro cultivated human and animal cells. He is the author of numerous textbooks, monographs and about 150 scientific papers. His books on "Culinary Herbs, Spices, Spice Mixtures and Their Essential Oils" awarded the James A. Duke Award of the American Botanical Society.
Ulrike Lindequist, former Professor for Pharmaceutical Biology at the University of Greifswald, Germany, and from 1992 till March 2016 Head of the Department for Pharmaceutical Biology at the Institute for Pharmacy of this University. She became an emeritus professor in Aprile, 2016. Her research focused on isolation, chemistry, pharmacology, and toxicology of natural compounds from plants, microorganisms and mushrooms, quality, pharmacology and applicability of medicinal mushrooms, marine biotechnology and plasma medicine. She has published about 300 scientific papers and several books and monographs.
Books published jointly by the two authors include „Biogene Arzneimittel", 8th edition in 2020, and „Biogene Gifte", 3rd edition in 2010.
Prof. Dr. Jan-Peter Hildebrandt is Full Professor of Animal Physiology and Biochemistry at the University of Greifswald since 1999. He obtained his Ph.D. in Zoology from the Free University Berlin. His research interests include animal physiology, ecophysiology, cell physiology, and toxicology. After his postdoctoral period and his habilitation (1995) he received the prestigious Heisenberg fellowship of the German Research Foundation (DFG) to pursue his research on signal transduction in animal cells. From 2002 to 2006 he was the dean of the Faculty of Mathematics and Natural Sciences at the University of Greifswald. He was a member of the Review Board “Zoology“ of the German Research Foundation from 2008 to 2016. Dr. Hildebrandt has published many original research articles in international, peer-reviewed journals. He is the lead author of the last two editions of a standard text book on animal physiology (“Penzlin“) published by Springer Spektrum.
