Phytochemistry, the Military and Health

Phytotoxins and Natural Defenses

Andrew Mtewa, Chukwuebuka Egbuna
Elsevier S&T
606 pages
ISBN: 978-0128215562
March 2021

Phytochemicals are known to play a major role in the day to day management of diseases and health. However, the role that phytochemicals play in the military, counterterrorism, and security has been overlooked. Phytochemistry, the Military and Health: Phytotoxins and Natural Defenses discusses the roles that phytochemicals play as friends and foes in the military, including insights aimed to help develop antidotes against phytochemicals and other chemical agents used maliciously as weapons. Filling a gap between drug discovery, security, and emergency medicine, this book describes which plants can be categorized for protection and controls, and which can be used as deterrents and as emergency medicines. This book is useful for researchers, regulators and anyone interested in plant chemistry.