1. Plant and Fungal Toxins. This section introduces the student to the more common European poisonous plants and fungi, showing the structure of major classes of toxins and the mode of action of these toxins, where known. Symptoms of poisoning by these toxins are examined, together with the remedial action required to counteract these toxins.

2. Case Studies. Several cases are considered and the student is made aware of the potential role of the pharmacist as an advisor in cases of possible poisoning by plants and fungi.

3. Self-Assessment. This section provides an assessment of the student's ability to identify selected poisonous plants and fungi, their toxins and biological activities.

Hardware and Software Requirements Windows Version The package is supplied on a CD-ROM Installation Disc and can be installed to a local hard disc or network drive. The minimum requirement is a PC with 100MHz Pentium processor , 8Mb of RAM and a VGA monitor capable of displaying 16-bit color (65, 536 colors) at 640 x 480 resolution. The program is 32-bit and is compatible with Windows 95, 98 and NT. Web Version The package is supplied on a CD-ROM Installation Disc for installation to a web server. The software runs on PC clients only. The minimum requirement is a 200MHz Pentium processor with 32Mb of RAM and a Super VGA monitor capable of displaying 16-bit color (65,536 colors) at 800 x 600 resolution. The program is compatible with both Netscape Navigator 4.x and Internet Explorer 4 or better and requires Java and Javascript to be enabled on browsers.