Forensic Plant Science
Front Cover -- Forensic Plant Science -- Copyright -- Dedication -- Contents -- Author Biographies -- Jane H. Bock, PhD -- David O. Norris, PhD -- Foreword by Tom A. Ranker -- Foreword by Haskell M. Pitluck -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- 1 - Introduction to Forensic Plant Science -- 1. INTRODUCTION TO PLANTS -- 1.1 The Seed Plant Body -- 1.2 The Seed Plant Cell -- 1.2.1 A Unique Plant Constituent: Cellulose and the Cell Wall -- 2. THE EARLY HISTORY OF PLANT SCIENCE -- 2.1 Pharmacology and Toxicology of Plants -- 3. PLANT POISONINGS -- 3.1 Some Specific Poisons of Plant Origins -- 3.1.1 Alkaloids -- 3.1.1.1 COLCHICINE -- 3.1.1.2 POISON HEMLOCK -- 3.1.1.3 THE TROPANE ALKALOIDS -- 3.1.2 Other Alkaloids -- 3.1.2.1 STRYCHNINE -- 3.1.2.2 ACONITINE -- 3.1.2.3 SOLANINE, A GLYCOALKALOID -- 3.1.3 Glycosides -- 3.1.3.1 DIGOXIN, A CARDIAC GLYCOSIDE -- 3.1.3.2 CYANOGENIC GLYCOSIDES -- 3.1.4 Toxic Plant Lectins -- 3.1.5 Dicoumarol and Anticoagulants -- 3.1.6 Mushroom Toxins -- 4. ILLEGAL DRUGS OF PLANT ORIGINS -- 5. TWENTIETH-CENTURY FORENSIC PLANT SCIENCE -- 6. OUR INTRODUCTION TO FORENSIC PLANT SCIENCE -- 2 - Suitability of Forensic Plant Science Evidence for Courtroom Presentations -- 1. THE CURRENT STATE OF FORENSIC SCIENCE IN THE USA -- 1.1 Public Perception Problems: The "Crime Scene Investigation Effect" -- 1.2 Scientific Problems with Modern Forensic Science -- 2. COURT DECISIONS CONCERNING PRESENTATION OF SCIENTIFIC EVIDENCE AND EXPERT OPINION -- 2.1 What Criteria Determine Validity? -- 2.2 Objectivity in Forensic Analyses Is of Paramount Importance -- 2.3 Repeatability -- 2.4 How Is the Forensic Community Responding? -- 3. HOW DOES DAUBERT RELATE TO FORENSIC PLANT SCIENCE -- 3 - Sources for Forensic Plant Science Evidence -- 1. PLANT ANATOMY -- 2. PLANT TAXONOMY -- 2.1 Binomial Nomenclature -- 2.2 Collection Methods for Taxonomic Evidence.