Potatoes, Tomatoes, and Solanine Toxicity (Solanum tuberosum L., Solanum lycopersicum L.)

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

Volumn , Issue , 2008, Pages 77-83

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Potatoes, tomatoes and solanine toxicity; Solanine poisoning and neurologic symptoms; Toxicokinetics

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EID: 84890286001     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1002/9780470330319.ch11     Document Type: Chapter

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