Toxic and Protective Compounds from Poisonous and Medicinal Plants: Toxicological, Mechanistic, Analytical, and Therapeutic Aspects
A special issue of Toxins (ISSN 2072-6651). This special issue belongs to the section "Plant Toxins".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 31 October 2026 | Viewed by 807
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Interests: poisonous plants for herbivorous; atypical myopathy; applied veterinary medicine; mitochondrial function in health and disease; comparative veterinary medicine; sport horses
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Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Plants synthesise a remarkable diversity of natural metabolites capable of exerting toxic, protective, or therapeutic effects, often in a dose‑dependent and context‑dependent manner. This Special Issue aims to gather original research articles and reviews that advance our understanding of plant-derived phytotoxins and protective or therapeutic compounds from both poisonous and medicinal species.
We particularly welcome studies addressing the following:
- Identification, structural characterisation, and analytical determination of plant toxins and bioactive protective molecules.
- Toxicological evaluation (in vitro, in vivo, in silico) of phytotoxins and natural therapeutic compounds.
- Mechanistic insights at molecular, cellular, biochemical, and physiological levels.
- Dose–response relationships, metabolic activation, detoxification pathways, and organ-specific toxicity.
- Protective and therapeutic effects, including cytoprotective, anti-inflammatory, antioxidant, or chemopreventive activities.
- Profiling of toxic or protective compounds in medicinal plants, poisonous plants, herbal medicines, foods, and environmental matrices.
- Implications for pharmacognosy, phytomedicine, herbal safety, and risk assessment.
Review articles are expected to be submitted by authors with demonstrated expertise in the relevant field, as evidenced by prior peer-reviewed publications on the topic addressed. Articles and reviews related to veterinary medicine are particularly welcome.
By integrating toxicology, pharmacognosy, analytical chemistry, and mechanistic biology, this Special Issue aims to advance a comprehensive understanding on the balance between plant toxicity and plant‑derived protection.
Another goal of this Special Issue is to provide a comprehensive platform for advancing knowledge within the areas of toxicology, mechanism‑driven research, phytochemistry, and analytical sciences.
Dr. Dominique-Marie Votion
Dr. Olivia Jansen
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- phytotoxins
- poisonous plants
- bioactive natural compounds
- medicinal plants
- phytotherapy
- phytochem-ical analysis
- pharmacognosy
- pathophysiology
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