Adverse and Toxic Effects of Plants

Jana Klečáková (klecako@faf.cuni.cz), Luděk Jahodář

Department of Pharmaceutical Botany and Ecology, Charles University in Prague, Faculty of Pharmacy, Hradec Králové, Czech Republic

Summary

The aim of this work is to provide useful information in tabelar form for pharmacists who are working in community and hospital pharmacy and for other biologists. This paper was inspired by the recognition that the level of contemporary knowledge of biologically active substances produced by plants is not very high even some health service workers (include pharmacists). The table is constructed, so that to provide information on scientific names of toxic plants (the plants are arranged by botanical systematics), their metabolites producing toxic and / or adverse effects, symptoms of intoxication and treatment of that. The part of “Notes” provides completing data of the genus or species.