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Arena, Jay. Plants that poison. Emergency medicine, v. 13, June
15, 1981: 25-29, 33-34, 36, 43-47, 50-53, 57. Kingsbury, John Merriam. Knowledge of poisonous plants in the United
States--brief history and conclusions. Economic botany, v. 15, Apr./June
196l: 119-130. Wagstaff, D. Jesse, Ann T. Wagstaff, and J. C. Goshorn. A poisonous
plant file in Toxline. Toxicon, v. 27, no. 2, 1989: 259-263.
Subject headings used by the Library of Congress, under which books on poisonous plants can be located in most card, book, and online catalogs, include the following:
Ammirati, Joseph F., James A. Traquair, and Paul A. Horgen. Poisonous
mushrooms of the northern United States and Canada. Minneapolis,
University of Minnesota Press, c1985. 396 p. Blackwell, Will H. Poisonous and medicinal plants. Englewood Cliffs,
N.J., Prentice Hall, c1990. 329 p. Creekmore, Hubert. Daffodils are dangerous: the poisonous plants
in your garden. New York, Walker, 1966. 258 p. Kingsbury, John Merriam. Poisonous plants of the United States
and Canada. Englewood Cliffs, N.J., Prentice-Hall, l964. 626 p.
Lampe, Kenneth F., and Mary Ann McCann. AMA handbook of poisonous
and injurious plants. Chicago, American Medical Association, Distributed
by Chicago Review Press, c1985. 432 p. Muenscher, Walter Conrad Leopold. Poisonous plants of the United
States. Rev. ed. New York, Macmillan, l951. 277 p. Westbrooks, Randy G., and James W. Preacher. Poisonous plants of
eastern North America. Columbia, S.C., University of South Carolina
Press, c1986. 226 p.
Campbell, George R. An illustrated guide to some poisonous plants
and animals of Florida. Englewood, Fla., Pineapple Press, c1983.
175 p. Evers, Robert August, and Roger P. Link. Poisonous plants of the
Midwest & their effects on livestock. Urbana, Distributed by
the University of Illinois Press, 1972. 165 p. (University of Illinois
at Urbana-Champaign, College of Agriculture. Special publication,
24) Fuller, Thomas C., and Elizabeth May McClintock. Poisonous plants
of California. Berkeley, University of California Press, c1986.
433 p. (California natural history guides, 53) Garrison, Gary L. Selected noxious and poisonous plants of concern
to New Mexico. Las Cruces, N.M., New Mexico Dept. of Agriculture,
1983. 58 p. (Special report, no. 2) Bibliography: p. 57-58. Heller, Christine A. Wild, edible, and poisonous plants of Alaska.
Rev. 1981. Anchorage, Cooperative Extension Service, University
of Alaska, 198l. 90 p. (Cooperative Extension Service, University
of Alaska. Publication, no. 28) Morton, Julia Frances. Plants poisonous to people in Florida and
other warm areas. 2nd ed. Miami, Fla., J. F. Morton, 1982. 170 p.
Bibliography: p. 161-166. Schmutz, Ervin M., and Lucretia Breazeale Hamilton. Plants that
poison: an illustrated guide for the American Southwest. Flagstaff,
Ariz., Northland Press, 1979. 241 p. Schultes, Richard Evans, and Robert F. Raffauf. The healing forest:
medicinal and toxic plants of the northwest Amazonia. Portland,
Ore., Dioscorides Press, cl990. 484 p. (Historical, ethno- &
economic botany series, v. 2) Stephens, H. A. Poisonous plants of the central United States.
Lawrence, Regents Press of Kansas, c1980. 165 p.
Arena, Jay M., and Richard H. Drew, eds. Poisoning: toxicology,
symptoms, treatments. 5th ed. Springfield, Ill., Thomas, c1986.
1128 p. Brinker, Francis J., comp. An introduction to the toxicology of
common botanical medicinal substances. Portland, Ore., National
College of Naturopathic Medicine, c1983. 127 p. Cheeke, Peter R., and Lee R. Shull. Natural toxicants in feeds
and poisonous plants. Westport, Conn., AVI Pub. Co., cl985. 492
p. Dermatotoxicology. Edited by Francis N. Marzulli, Howard I. Maibach.
3rd ed. Washington, Hemisphere, c1987. 773 p. Fisher, Alexander A. Contact dermatitis. 3rd ed. Philadelphia,
Lea & Febiger, 1986. 954 p. Hardin, James W., and Jay M. Arena. Human poisoning from native
and cultivated plants. 2d ed. Durham, N.C., Duke University Press,
1974. 194 p. Karimi, Maitai. The arrow poisons. Nairobi, East African Literature
Bureau, 1973. 97 p. Lewis, Walter Hepworth, Prathibha Vinay, and Vincent E. Zenger.
Airborne and allergenic pollen of North America. Baltimore, Johns
Hopkins University Press, c1983. 254 p. Mitchell, John, and Arthur Rook. Botanical dermatology: plants
and plant products injurious to the skin. Vancouver, Greengrass,
1979. 787 p. Naturally occurring carcinogens of plant origin: toxicology, pathology,
and biochemistry. Edited by Iwao Hirono. Tokyo, Kodansha; Amsterdam,
New York, Elsevier; New York, Distributor for the U.S.A. and Canada,
Elsevier Science Pub. Co., 1987. 234 p. (Bioactive molecules, v.
2)
Frohne, Dietrich, and Hans Jurgen Pfander. A colour atlas of poisonous
plants: a handbook for pharmacists, doctors, toxicologists, and
biologists. Translated from the second German edition by Norman
Grainger Bisset. London, Wolfe Pub., 1984. 291 p. Levy, Charles K., and Richard B. Primack. A field guide to poisonous
plants and mushrooms of North America. Brattleboro, Vt., S. Greene
Press; New York, Distributed in the U.S. by Dutton, c1984. 178 p.
Manual of toxicologic emergencies. Editors, Eric K. Noji, Gabor
D. Kelen. Chicago, Year Book Medical Publishers, c1989. 850 p. Plant and fungal toxins. Edited by Richard F. Keeler, Anthony T.
Tu. New York, M. Dekker, cl983. 934 p. (Handbook of natural toxins,
v. 1) Smith, Alexander Hanchett, and Nancy Smith Weber. The mushroom
hunter's field guide. All color & enl. Ann Arbor, University
of Michigan Press, c1980. 316 p. Toxicants of plant origin. Editor, Peter R. Cheeke. Boca Raton,
Fla., CRC Press, cl989. 4 v. Tull, Delena. A practical guide to edible & useful plants:
including recipes, harmful plants, natural dyes & textile fibers.
Austin, Texas Monthly Press, c1987. 518 p. Woodward, Lucia. Poisonous plants: a colour field guide. Newton
Abbot, Eng., David & Charles, c1985. 192 p.
Current topics in contact dermatitis. P. J. Frosch and others,
editors. Berlin, New York, Springer-Verlag, c1989. 613 p. The Ecology and economic impact of poisonous plants on livestock
production. Edited by Lynn F. James, Michael H. Ralphs, and Darwin
B. Nielsen. Boulder, Westview Press, 1988. 428 p. International Conference on Toxic Algae (1980: Wright State University).
The water environment: algal toxins and health. Edited by Wayne
W. Carmichael. New York, Plenum Press, c1981. 491 p. (Environmental
science research, v. 20) International Symposium on Mycotoxins and Phycotoxins (6th: 1985:
Pretoria, South Africa). Mycotoxins and phycotoxins: a collection
of invited papers presented at the sixth International IUPAC Symposium
on Mycotoxins and Phycotoxins, Pretoria, Republic of South Africa,
22-25 July 1985. Edited by P. S. Steyn and R. Vleggaar. Amsterdam,
New York, Elsevier; New York, Distributors for the United States
and Canada, Elsevier Science Pub. Co., 1986. Joint United States-Australian Symposium on Poisonous Plants (1977:
Utah State University). Effects of poisonous plants on livestock.
Edited by Richard F. Keeler, Kent R. Van Kampen, Lynn F. James.
New York, Academic Press, 1978. 600 p. Symposium on Toxic Plants (1977: University of Miami). Toxic plants:
proceedings of the 18th annual meeting of the Society for Economic
Botany, Symposium on Toxic Plants, June 11-15, 1977, the University
of Miami, Coral Gables, Florida. A. Douglas Kinghorn, editor. New
York, Columbia University Press, 1979. 195 p. World Congress on Animal, Plant, and Microbial Toxins (9th: 1988:
Stillwater, Okla.). Natural toxins: characterization, pharmacology,
and therapeutics. Proceedings of the 9th World Congress on Animal,
Plant, and Microbial Toxins, Stillwater, Oklahoma, August 1988.
Edited by Charlotte L. Ownby and George V. Odell. Oxford, Eng.,
New York, Pergamon Press, 1989. 211 p.
Cooper, Marion R., and Anthony W. Johnson. Poisonous plants in
Britain and their effects on animals and man. London, H.M.S.O.,
1984. 305 p. (Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries, and Food. Reference
book, 161) Crooks, Donald Mundell, and Dayton L. Klingman. Poison-ivy, poison-oak,
and poison sumac: identification, precautions, eradication. Rev.
Washington, U.S. Govt. Print. Off., 1971. 15 p. (U.S. Dept. of Agriculture.
Farmers' bulletin, no. 1972) Lampe, Kenneth F. Common poisonous and injurious plants. Rockville,
Md., U.S. Dept. of Health and Human Services, Public Health Service,
Food and Drug Administration, Bureau of Drugs, Division of Poison
Control; Washington, U.S. Govt. Print. Off., 1981? 29 p. (HHS publication,
no. (FDA) 81-7006) Youngken, Heber Wilkinson, and Joseph S. Karas. Typical poisonous
plants. Washington, U.S. Dept. of Health, Education, and Welfare,
Bureau of Product Safety, 1973. 23 p.
Abstracting and Indexing Services that index relevant journal articles and other literature are listed below. Suggested terms are given as aids in searching. Consult a reference librarian for location of these items in the Science Reading Room
Journals in a wide variety of fields may contain articles on poisonous plants. The following titles represent only a small sample.
Castorena, Joe L., and others. A fatal poisoning from Nicotiana
glauca. Journal of toxicology--clinical toxicology, v. 25,
no. 5, 1987: 429-435. Der Marderosian, Ara H., Fredrick B. Giller, and Frank C. Roia,
Jr. Phytochemical and toxicological screening of household ornamental
plants potentially toxic to humans. Journal of toxicology and environmental
health, v. 1, July 1976: 939-953. Fenwick, G. R. Bracken (Pteridium aquilinum)--toxic effects
and toxic constituents. Journal of the science of food and agriculture,
v. 46, no. 2, 1989: 147-173. Fochtman, Frederick W., and others. Toxicity of the genus Dieffenbachia.
Toxicology and applied pharmacology, v. 15, July 1969: 38-45. Gillis, William T. Poison-ivy and its kin. Arnoldia, v. 35, Mar./Apr.
1975: 93-123. Hartman, Guy. A pediatrician's advice to parents on poisonous plants.
Horticulture, v. 55, Aug. 1977: 20-25. Lane, Meredith A., and others. Forensic botany: plants, perpetrators,
pests, poisons, and pot. BioScience, v. 40, Jan. 1990: 34-39. Litten, Walter. The most poisonous mushrooms. Scientific American,
v. 232, Mar. 1975: 90-101, 132. Pfister, James A., Michael H. Ralphs, and Gary D. Manners. Cattle
grazing tall larkspur on Utah mountain rangeland. Journal of range
management, v. 41, Mar. 1988: 118-122. Sharma, Om P., Harinder Paul S. Makkar, and Rajinder K. Dawra.
A review of the noxious plant Lantana camara. Toxicon,
v. 26, no. 11, 1988: 975-987. Vietmeyer, Noel. Science has got its hands on poison ivy, oak and
sumac; researchers have developed a skin test for sensitivity to
these weeds, and foresee a vaccine that takes the itch out of them.
Smithsonian, v. 16, Aug. 1985: 88-90, 92, 94-95, 137. Wagstaff, D. Jesse, Merl Raisbeck, and Ann T. Wagstaff. Poisonous
Plant Information System (PPIS). Veterinary and human toxicology,
v. 31, June 1989: 237-238.
Technical Reports and other types of literature are indexed in the following guides:
Epstein, William L. Clinical investigation of hyposensitization
in poison oak sensitive individuals. Prepared for Food and Drug
Administration. San Francisco, University of California, San Francisco
Medical Center, Feb. 1972. 101 p. James, L. F., and others. Plants poisonous to livestock in western
states. Beltsville, Md., U.S. Dept. of Agriculture, Agricultural
Research Service, May 1985. 90 p. Wagstaff, D. Jesse. Poisonous plant keyterms. Prepared for the
National Library of Medicine. Washington, U.S. Food and Drug Administration,
Nov. 1987. 254 p. Waller, Coy W., and others. Toxicology of poison oak (Rhus
toxicodendron) and poison ivy (Rhus radicans) extracts
in the rat. Prepared for Food and Drug Administration. University,
Miss., University of Mississippi, Research Institute of Pharmaceutical
Sciences, June 1974. 167 p.
Selected materials available in the Science Reading Room pamphlet boxes include the following: American Association of Poison Control Centers. National Data Collection
System. Annual report. 1988. [By] Toby L. Litovitz, Barbara F. Schmitz,
Karen C. Holm. [s.l., 1989?] 495-545 p. Arnold, Robert E., and Laer Pearce. Burgeoning cult of wild food nourishes fatal misconceptions. Smithsonian, v. 5, May 1977: 48-55. Bleything, Dennis, and Ron Dawson. Poisonous plants in the wilderness. Enterprise, Ore., Life Support Technology, c1971. 64 p. Brooks, Patricia. Pretty poison. Family health, v. 9, July 1977: 29, 32. Cronin, E. H. Tall larkspur: some reasons for its continuing preeminence as a poisonous plant. Journal of range management, v. 24, July 1971: 258-263. De Wolf, Gordon P. Guide to potentially dangerous plants. Arnoldia, v. 34, Mar./Apr. 1974: 45-94. Early spring plants may poison livestock. Countryside, v. 68, Mar. 1984: 24-25. Epstein, William L. Topical prevention of poison ivy/oak dermatitis. Archives of dermatology, v. 125, Apr. 1989: 499-501. Glander, Kenneth E. Poison in a monkey's Garden of Eden. Natural history, v. 86, Mar. 1977: 35-41, 96. Hanrahan, John P., and Morris A. Gordon. Mushroom poisoning: case reports and a review of therapy. JAMA, v. 251, Feb. 24, 1984: 1057-1061. Skulberg, Olav M., Geoffrey A. Codd, and Wayne W. Carmichael. Toxic blue-green algal blooms in Europe: a growing problem. Ambio, v. 13, no. 4, 1984: 244-245. Wagstaff, D. Jesse, and Arthur A. Case. Human poisoning by zigadenus. Journal of toxicology--clinical toxicology, v. 25, no. 4, 1987: 361-367.
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