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- Protoanemonin (sometimes called anemonol or ranunculol) is a toxin whose glyosidic precursor ranunculin is found in many plants of the buttercup family...
- indicates that glucose is the specific sugar attached its aglycone protoanemonin. Ranunculin is very stable in acidic medium and fresh plant tissues...
- fatal. Toxic steroids occur in the roots. High levels of ranunculin and protoanemonin, especially in the leaves and sap, also contribute to symptoms after...
- intermittent fever. The findings in some Ranunculus species of, for example, protoanemonin, anemonin, may justify the uses of these species against fever, rheumatism...
- a compound known as protoanemonin. When the plant is wounded, the unstable glucoside ranunculin turns into the toxin protoanemonin. Contact with damaged...
- isolated in 1792 by M. Heyer, It is the dimerization product of the toxin protoanemonin. One of the likely active agents in plants used in Chinese medicine...
- Ranunculaceae, fresh liverwort contains protoanemonin and is therefore slightly toxic. By drying the herb, protoanemonin is dimerized to the non-toxic anemonin...
- Actaea rubra (red baneberry) are toxic to humans primarily due to protoanemonin. Protoanemonin is produced when plant tissue is damaged, such as by chewing...
- - glycosides whose breakdown yields the toxin protoanemonin when plant cells are damaged. Protoanemonin has an unpleasant taste and can cause irritation...
- substance protoanemonin, this applies in particular for the cursed buttercup: it is the most toxic buttercup and contains 2.5% protoanemonin. When the...