Jimson Weed and Other Belladonna Alkaloids

Medical Toxicology of Natural Substances: Foods, Fungi, Medicinal Herbs, Plants, and Venomous Animals

Volumn , Issue , 2008, Pages 776-783

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Author keywords

Anticholinergic plants Datura species; Jimsonweed and belladonna alkaloids; Tropane belladonna alkaloid toxins

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EID: 84890281565     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1002/9780470330319.ch127     Document Type: Chapter

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