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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

      LC record available at https://lccn.loc.gov/2020020090 LC ebook record available at https://lccn.loc.gov/2020020091

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

      Andrew