AcademyLinks — Natural Toxicants


American Zoo and Aquarium Association
http://www.aza.org
Information and pictures of toxic animals. Order form to obtain the Antivenom Index which is $20-30 in their publications area.

Antivenom Handbook for Australia
http://www.wch.sa.gov.au/paedm/clintox/cslb_index.html
This site has the handbook online for a variety of poisonous animals from Australia. Se the site above for North America.

Foodborne Pathogenic Microorganisms and Natural Toxins Handbook
http://vm.cfsan.fda.gov/~mow/intro.html
This is a site from the US FDA?s Center for Food Safety and Applied Nutrition. Useful information on mushroom toxidromes.

Fungi Images on the Net
http://isa.dknet.dk/~pip1833/mushimage/
This a searchable web site that contains information and photographs of various fungi both poisonous and nonpoisonous.

Medical Botany Library
http://www.floridaplants.com/mpois.htm
Information on poisonous plants and mushrooms from around the world.

Medicinal and Poisonous Plant Databases
http://www.inform.umd.edu/EdRes/Colleges/LFSC/life_sciences/.plant_biology/Medicinals/medicinals.htm
Information and links on poisonous and medicinal plants from the Unversity of Maryland.

NAMA – North American Mycological Association
http://Sorex.tvi.cc.nm.us/nama/poison/poison.htm
This is a very useful site that presents various mushroom toxidromes. There is also a case registry report form that can be downloaded and reported to NAMA.

Natural Toxins FDA
http://vm.cfsan.fda.gov/~mow/toxintoc.html
Lists information on fish, shellfish, mycotoxins and many other natural toxins from the FDA.

Poison Information Centre – Singapore's Ministry of Health
http://www.gov.sg/health/mohiss/poison/index.html
Singapore's poison information center provides great information about natural toxins in their region of the world. The site also has pictures of many creatures.

Poisonous Plant Database (Plantox)
http://vm.cfsan.fda.gov/~djw/readme.html
The Poisonous Plant Database is a set of working files of scientific information about the animal and human toxicology of vascular plants of the world. The initial files were created in 1994, and are updated periodically.

Poisonous Plants Web Page of Cornell University
http://www.ansci.cornell.edu/plants/plants.html
This site provides information and pictures of poisonous plants. This site also lists veterinary species of interest.

The Poisonous Plant Guide
http://www.ednet.ns.ca/educ/museum/poison/ppguide.htm
An illustrated guide to some common poisonous plants in Nova Scotia including algae, fungi and leafy plants.