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Only limited information is available on forensic toxicants such as names, structures, lethal levels, and symptoms from existing literatures. Biochemical Toxicology of Forensic Toxicants deals with biochemical mechanisms of toxic action, it will help the audience understand how the toxicants exert their action, which in turn will help the reader develop an antidote or therapeutic measures. Although not narrowly structured as an academic textbook, the coverage and approach used will lend itself to use as a text in courses for Forensic Biochemistry at the university level and for the professionals in medicine, law enforcement, law and many other disciplines. Provides an in-depth review of basic principles and concepts, fundamentals of forensic biochemistry, fundamentals of human metabolism and how toxicants are activated by the human system Covers a diverse list of toxic agents (e.g. animal toxins, plant toxins, bacterial toxins, etc) and follows a consistent, systematic plan that includes the chemical name, description of the chemistry, mode of absorption, metabolism of toxicant, diagnosis, symptomology, therapy (in survivors) and post-mortem signs Online resources will include: outline of subject, illustrations for lectures, study questions and answers, and suggested readings