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Edited by

Andrew G. Mtewa

Division of Biological Chemistry and Drug Discovery, WCAIR, School of Life Sciences, University of Dundee, Dundee, UK Chemistry Section, Malawi Institute of Technology, Malawi University of Science and Technology, Limbe, Malawi Pharmbiotechnology and Traditional Medicine Center (PHARMBIOTRAC), Department of Pharmacology, School of Medicine, Mbarara University of Science and Technology, Mbarara, Uganda

Chukwuebuka Egbuna

Department of Biochemistry, Faculty of Natural Sciences, Chukwuemeka Odumegwu Ojukwu University, Uli, Anambra State, Nigeria Nutritional Biochemistry and Toxicology Unit, World Bank Africa Centre of Excellence, Centre for Public Health and Toxicological Research (ACE‐PUTOR), University of Port Harcourt, Port Harcourt, Rivers State, Nigeria

G.M. Narasimha Rao

Department of Botany, Andhra University, Visakhapatnam, Andhra Pradesh, India

This edition first published 2021

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Names: Mtewa, Andrew G., 1985– editor. | Egbuna, Chukwuebuka, editor. | Rao, G. M. Narasimha, 1985– editor.

Title: Poisonous plants and phytochemicals in drug discovery / [edited by] Andrew G. Mtewa, Division of Biological Chemistry and Drug Discovery, WCAIR, School of Life Sciences, Dundee University, Dundee, Scotland, Chukwuebuka Egbuna, Department of Biochemistry, Faculty of Natural Sciences, Chukwuemeka Odumegwu Ojukwu University, Nigeria, G.M. Narasimha Rao, Department of botany, Andhra, Visakhapatnam, I, India.

Description: First edition. | Hoboken, NJ : Wiley, 2021. | Includes index.

Identifiers: LCCN 2020020090 (print) | LCCN 2020020091 (ebook) | ISBN 9781119650232 (cloth) | ISBN 9781119650270 (adobe pdf) | ISBN 9781119650256 (epub)

Subjects: LCSH: Botanical chemistry. | Poisonous plants–Toxicology. | Poisonous plants–Therapeutic use. | Phytotoxins. | Phytochemicals.

Classification: LCC QK865 .P65 2021 (print) | LCC QK865 (ebook) | DDC 572/.2–dc23

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I dedicate this book to Thoko, Collins, Jed, and Michelle. You guys keep motivating.

Andrew

Charles Oluwaseun AdetunjiApplied Microbiology, Biotechnology and Nanotechnology Laboratory, Department of Microbiology, Edo University Iyamho, Auchi, Edo State, Nigeria

Juliana Bunmi AdetunjiNutritional and Toxicological Research Laboratory, Department of Biochemistry, Osun State University, Osogbo, Nigeria

Shailaja AgrawalDepartment of Biotechnology, Harrisburg University of Science and Technology, Harrisburg, PA, USA

Muhammad AkramDepartment of Eastern Medicine, Government College University Faisalabad, Faisalabad, Pakistan

Amanjot AnnuDepartment of Pharmacology, School of Medicine, Mbarara University of Science and Technology, Mbarara, Uganda

Halyna AntonyakDepartment of Ecology, Ivan Franko National University of Lviv, Lviv, Ukraine

Godwin AnywarDepartment of Plant Sciences, Microbiology & Biotechnology, College of Natural Sciences, Makerere University, Kampala, Uganda

Dharmandra BariaDepartment of Pharmaceutical Chemistry, A.R. College of Pharmacy, V.V.Nagar, Gujarat, India

Tamirat Bekele BeressaDepartment of Pharmacy, College of Medicine and Health Science, Ambo University, Ambo, Ethiopia Pharmbiotechnology and Traditional Medicine Center (PHARMBIOTRAC), Department of Pharmacology, School of Medicine, Mbarara University of Science and Technology, Mbarara, Uganda Department of Pharmacology, School of Medicine, Mbarara University of Science and Technology, Mbarara, Uganda