Designed to enable fast access to important information, this handbook presents information in both catalog and tabular forms. For each species the following is presented: chemical content, applications, processing, distribution, and economic potential, toxicological agents, poison symptoms in humans and animals, and treatment and antidotes.

Catalog of Herbs. Table 1 - Medicinal Herbs: Toxicity Ranking and Pricelist. Table 2 - Toxins: Their Toxicity and Distribution in Plant Genera. Table 3 - Higher Plant Genera and Their Toxins. Table 4 - Pharmacologically Active Phyto-chemicals. Table 5 - Proximate Analyses of Conventional Plant Foods