Poisonous
Plants
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Sources useful in locating published materials on the more than
700 species of plants, ferns, horsetails, and fungi that can cause
toxic, though rarely fatal, reactions in humans and animals. A
partial update of Poisonous Plants and Animals (TB 78-12),
this guide is intended for those who wish to review published
materials on poisonous plants in the collections of the Library
of Congress. Not meant to be a comprehensive bibliography, this
guide is designed--as the name of the series implies--to put the
reader "on target."
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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.
Pamphlet box <SciRR> and RC86.E45
Kingsbury, John Merriam. Knowledge of poisonous plants in the United
States--brief history and conclusions. Economic botany, v. 15, Apr./June
196l: 119-130.
Pamphlet box <SciRR> and SB1.E3
Wagstaff, D. Jesse, Ann T. Wagstaff, and J. C. Goshorn. A poisonous
plant file in Toxline. Toxicon, v. 27, no. 2, 1989: 259-263.
Pamphlet box <SciRR> and QP631.T6
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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:
Highly Relevant
POISONOUS
PLANTS
See also names of individual plants, e.g., POISON-IVY,
POISON OAK, METOPIUM TOXIFERA
Relevant
ALGAE--TOXICOLOGY
HAY-FEVER
PLANTS
HOUSE
PLANTS--TOXICOLOGY
LIVESTOCK
POISONING PLANTS
MUSHROOMS,
POISONOUS
PLANT
TOXINS
PLANTS,
ORNAMENTAL--TOXICOLOGY
TOXIGENIC
FUNGI
Related
CONTACT
DERMATITIS
More General
TOXICOLOGICAL
EMERGENCIES
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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.
RA1242.M9A45 1985
Blackwell, Will H. Poisonous and medicinal plants. Englewood Cliffs,
N.J., Prentice Hall, c1990. 329 p.
QK100.A1B57 1990 <SciRR>
Chapter 5 written by Martha J. Powell.
Creekmore, Hubert. Daffodils are dangerous: the poisonous plants
in your garden. New York, Walker, 1966. 258 p.
SB617.C74 <SciRR>
Kingsbury, John Merriam. Poisonous plants of the United States
and Canada. Englewood Cliffs, N.J., Prentice-Hall, l964. 626 p.
Bibliography: p. 13-16 and p. 509-589.
SB617.K5 <SciRR>
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.
RA1250.L27 1985 <SciRR>
Extensive bibliographies at ends of chapters.
Muenscher, Walter Conrad Leopold. Poisonous plants of the United
States. Rev. ed. New York, Macmillan, l951. 277 p.
Bibliography: p. 246-260.
QK100.U6M8 1951
Westbrooks, Randy G., and James W. Preacher. Poisonous plants of
eastern North America. Columbia, S.C., University of South Carolina
Press, c1986. 226 p.
Bibliography: p. 213-221.
QK100.U6W47 1986
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Campbell, George R. An illustrated guide to some poisonous plants
and animals of Florida. Englewood, Fla., Pineapple Press, c1983.
175 p.
Bibliography: p. 165-166.
QK100.C28 1983
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)
Based on Illinois plants poisonous to livestock,
by L. R. Tehon, C. C. Morrill, and R. Graham.
S537.I423 no. 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)
Bibliography: p. 387-389.
QK100.U6F85 1986
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.
SB617.45.N6G37 1983
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)
QK98.5.U6H44 1981
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.
QK100.U6M67 1982
Schmutz, Ervin M., and Lucretia Breazeale Hamilton. Plants that
poison: an illustrated guide for the American Southwest. Flagstaff,
Ariz., Northland Press, 1979. 241 p.
Bibliography: p. 223-225.
QK100.U6S35
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)
Bibliography: p. 475-476.
QK99.A47S38 1990
Stephens, H. A. Poisonous plants of the central United States.
Lawrence, Regents Press of Kansas, c1980. 165 p.
QK100.U6S73
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Arena, Jay M., and Richard H. Drew, eds. Poisoning: toxicology,
symptoms, treatments. 5th ed. Springfield, Ill., Thomas, c1986.
1128 p.
RA1216.A69 1986 <SciRR>
Brinker, Francis J., comp. An introduction to the toxicology of
common botanical medicinal substances. Portland, Ore., National
College of Naturopathic Medicine, c1983. 127 p.
Bibliography: p. 125-127.
RA1250.B75 1983 <SciRR>
Cheeke, Peter R., and Lee R. Shull. Natural toxicants in feeds
and poisonous plants. Westport, Conn., AVI Pub. Co., cl985. 492
p.
SF757.5.C44 1985
Dermatotoxicology. Edited by Francis N. Marzulli, Howard I. Maibach.
3rd ed. Washington, Hemisphere, c1987. 773 p.
RL72.D468 1987
Fisher, Alexander A. Contact dermatitis. 3rd ed. Philadelphia,
Lea & Febiger, 1986. 954 p.
RC593.C6F57 1986
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.
Bibliography: p. 173-178.
QK100.N6H3 1974 <SciRR>
Karimi, Maitai. The arrow poisons. Nairobi, East African Literature
Bureau, 1973. 97 p.
RA1270.A7K37
Lewis, Walter Hepworth, Prathibha Vinay, and Vincent E. Zenger.
Airborne and allergenic pollen of North America. Baltimore, Johns
Hopkins University Press, c1983. 254 p.
Bibliography: p. 243-247.
QK658.L48 1983
Mitchell, John, and Arthur Rook. Botanical dermatology: plants
and plant products injurious to the skin. Vancouver, Greengrass,
1979. 787 p.
RC593.C6M57
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)
RC268.6.N39 1987
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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.
QK100.A1F7613 1984 <SciRR>
Translation of Giftpflanzen: Ein handbuch fur
Apotheker, Arzte, Toxikologen, und Biologen, 2nd ed.
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.
Bibliography: p. 169-172.
QK100.N6L48 1984
Manual of toxicologic emergencies. Editors, Eric K. Noji, Gabor
D. Kelen. Chicago, Year Book Medical Publishers, c1989. 850 p.
RA1224.5.M36 1989 <SciRR>
See particularly "Botanical toxicity":
p. 751-763.
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)
QP632.M9P55 1983 <SciRR>
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.
QK617.S56 1980 <SciRR>
"Selected books on mushrooms and related
fungi": p. 309-310.
Toxicants of plant origin. Editor, Peter R. Cheeke. Boca Raton,
Fla., CRC Press, cl989. 4 v.
SF757.5.T69 1989 <SciRR>
Contents: v. 1. Alkaloids--v. 2. Glycosides--v.
3. Proteins and amino acids--v. 4. Phenolics.
Tull, Delena. A practical guide to edible & useful plants:
including recipes, harmful plants, natural dyes & textile fibers.
Austin, Texas Monthly Press, c1987. 518 p.
Bibliography: p. 405-417.
QK98.5.U6T85 1987
Woodward, Lucia. Poisonous plants: a colour field guide. Newton
Abbot, Eng., David & Charles, c1985. 192 p.
QK100.A1W66 1985
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Current topics in contact dermatitis. P. J. Frosch and others,
editors. Berlin, New York, Springer-Verlag, c1989. 613 p.
RC593.C6C88 1989
Papers presented at a symposium sponsored by the
European Environmental and Contact Dermatitis Research Group, held
in Heidelberg, Germany, in May 1988.
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.
SB617.E26 1988
"Based upon information given in a day-long
symposium held at the 40th Annual Meeting of the Society for Range
Management at Boise, Idaho, February 8-13, 1987."
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)
RA1242.A36W37
"Proceedings of an International Conference
on Toxic Algae, held June 29-July 2, 1980, at Wright State University,
Dayton, Ohio."
"Directory to toxic blue-green algae (cyanobacteria)
literature, compiled by Wayne W. Carmichael and Peter E. Bent:"
p. 465-479.
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.
545 p. (Bioactive molecules, v. 1)
QP632.M9I58 1986
"The plenary lectures which were presented
at the Symposium will be published during January 1986 in Pure
and applied chemistry, the official journal of the IUPAC."
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.
SF757.5.J64 1977
Proceedings of a symposium held at Utah State
University, Logan, June 19-24, 1977, which was held under the auspices
of the United States-Australian Agreement for Scientific and Technical
Cooperation for Joint Meetings.
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.
RA1250.S98 1977
Contents: l. The problems of poisonous plants.--2.
Toxic mushrooms.--3. Toxins and teratogens of the Solanaceae and
Liliaceae.--4. Pokeweed and other lymphocyte mitogens.--5. Literature
review and clinical management of household ornamental plants potentially
toxic to humans.--6. Cocarcinogenic irritant Euphorbiaceae.--7.
The poisonous Anacardiaceae.--8. Contact hyper-sensitivity and photodermatitis
evoked by Compositae.
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.
QP631.W67 1988
Sponsored by the International Society on Toxinology.
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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)
Bibliography: p. 249-295.
RA1250.C66 1984
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)
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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)
Pamphlet box <SciRR> and QK100.U6L255
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.
Pamphlet box <SciRR> and QK100.U6Y63
"... originally published as a joint project
between the Rhode Island Health Department and the U.S. Public Health
Service, Division of Accident Prevention
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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
Applied Science & Technology Index (1913- )
Z7913.I7 <SciRR>
See: Poison Ivy
Poisons
Biological of Agricultural (1942- )
Z5073.U572 <SciRR>
See: Poison Oak--Toxicology
Poisoning
Poison-Ivy-Control
Poison-Ivy-Toxicology
Poisonous Fungi
Poisonous Plants--Control
Poisonous Plants--Toxicology
Poisonous Weeds
Biological Abstracts (1926- )
QH301.B37 <SciRR>
See: Mushroom (s)
Poison (s)
Poisoning
Poisonous
Names of individual plants
Biological & Agricultural Index (1916- )
Z5073.A46 <SciRR>
See: Forage Poisoning
Poisonous Plants
Names of individual plants
Index Medicus (1960- )
Z6660.I422 <SciRR>
See: Plants, Toxic
Mushroom Poisoning
Mycotoxins
Magazine Index (1980- )
Available in several formats in LC
See: Poisonous Plants
Mushrooms, Poisonous
Names of individual plants
Readers' Guide to Periodical Literature (1900- )
AI3.R45 SSRR
See: Mushrooms, Poisonous
Poison Ivy
Poisonous Plants
Toxicology Abstracts (1978- )
RA1190.T695 <SciRR>
See: Plants under Section on Toxins and Other
Natural Substances
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Journals in a wide variety of fields may contain articles on poisonous
plants. The following titles represent only a small sample.
Arnoldia |
QK479.A7 |
Emergency Medicine |
RC86.E45 |
Horticulture |
SB1.H86 |
Journal of Natural Products |
QH1.L94 |
Journal of Range Management |
SF85.S67 |
Journal of Toxicology--Clinical Toxicology
|
RA1190.C56 |
Journal of Toxicology and Environmental
Health |
RA1190.J67 |
Toxicology and Applied Pharmacology |
RA1190.S627 |
Toxicon |
QP631.T6 |
Veterinary and Human Toxicology |
SF757.5.V48 |
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Castorena, Joe L., and others. A fatal poisoning from Nicotiana
glauca. Journal of toxicology--clinical toxicology, v. 25,
no. 5, 1987: 429-435.
RA1190.C56
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.
RA1190.J67
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.
TX341.J6
Fochtman, Frederick W., and others. Toxicity of the genus Dieffenbachia.
Toxicology and applied pharmacology, v. 15, July 1969: 38-45.
RA1190.S627
Gillis, William T. Poison-ivy and its kin. Arnoldia, v. 35, Mar./Apr.
1975: 93-123.
QK479.A7
Hartman, Guy. A pediatrician's advice to parents on poisonous plants.
Horticulture, v. 55, Aug. 1977: 20-25.
SB1.H86
Lane, Meredith A., and others. Forensic botany: plants, perpetrators,
pests, poisons, and pot. BioScience, v. 40, Jan. 1990: 34-39.
QH1.A227
Litten, Walter. The most poisonous mushrooms. Scientific American,
v. 232, Mar. 1975: 90-101, 132.
T1.S5
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.
SF85.J67
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.
QP631.T6
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.
AS30.S6
Wagstaff, D. Jesse, Merl Raisbeck, and Ann T. Wagstaff. Poisonous
Plant Information System (PPIS). Veterinary and human toxicology,
v. 31, June 1989: 237-238.
SF757.V48
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Technical Reports and other types of literature are indexed in
the following guides:
Government Reports Announcements & Index (1946- )
Z7916.G78 <SciRR>
See: Mushrooms
Poison Ivy
Poison Oak
Poisonous Plants
Monthly Catalog of United States Government Publications
(1895- )
Z1223.A18 <SciRR>
See: Poison-Ivy
Poison-Oak
Poison-Sumac
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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.
PB225 760 <MicRR>
The purpose of this contract was to determine
whether individuals in California who were sensitive to poison oak
could be desensitized by use of the purified active principle of
poison oak, urushiol.
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.
PB85-249282 <MicRR>
Poisonous plants are a major cause of economic
loss to the livestock industry. Each year these plants adversely
affect 3-5 percent of the cattle, sheep, and horses that graze the
western range.
Wagstaff, D. Jesse. Poisonous plant keyterms. Prepared for the
National Library of Medicine. Washington, U.S. Food and Drug Administration,
Nov. 1987. 254 p.
PB88-208210 <MicRR>
This document is a description of the keyterms
used in the poisonous plant file of TOXLINE. Seven types of keyterms
are used including geographic location, plant species, plant part,
animal species affected, and disease produced.
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.
PB239 665 <MicRR>
The objective of this study was to determine the
toxicity of extracts of poison ivy, poison oak, and a polyethylene
glycol vehicle (Carbowax R) when given orally to rats.
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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.
Reprinted from American journal of emergency
medicine, v. 7, Sept. 1989.
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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American Association of Poison Control Centers
c/o Dr. Ted Tong
Arizona Poison and Drug Information Center
Health Sciences Center, Room 3204K
1501 North Campbell
Tucson, Arizona 85725
Telephone: (602) 626-7899
International Biotoxicological Center (IBC)
World Life Research Institute
23000 Grand Terrace Road
Colton, California 92324
Telephone: (714) 825-4773
Poisonous Plants Research Laboratory
Agricultural Research Service, USDA
1150 East 14th North
Logan, Utah 84321
Telephone: (801) 752-2941
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