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Plant Toxins: Poison or Therapeutic?

CHIMIA, 2020
Many plants that are classed as poisonous also have therapeutic uses, and this is illustrated using members of the Drimia and Digitalis genera which are sources of cardiac glycosides.
Catherine E. Housecroft
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Predicting and Manipulating Cardiac Drug Inactivation by the Human Gut Bacterium Eggerthella lenta [PDF]

, 2013
Despite numerous examples of the effects of the human gastrointestinal microbiome on drug efficacy and toxicity, there is often an incomplete understanding of the underlying mechanisms. Here, we dissect the inactivation of the cardiac drug digoxin by the
Balskus, Emily Patricia, Chatman, Kelly, Gootenberg, David Benjamin, Haiser, Henry J., Sirasani, Gopal, Turnbaugh, Peter   +5 more
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Is There a Relationship Between Secondary Metabolites of Leaves and the Growth of Eucalyptus Species?

Physiologia Plantarum, Volume 178, Issue 3, May/June 2026.
ABSTRACT Flavonoids are essential molecules that affect plant growth and development and act as defense mechanisms against biotic and abiotic factors. This study aimed to assess whether the content of flavonoids in different species of Eucalyptus is related to tree growth.
Ana Carina da Silva Cândido Seron, Dthenifer Cordeiro Santana, Izabela Cristina de Oliveira, Larissa Pereira Ribeiro Teodoro, Cid Naudi Silva Campos, Gileno Brito de Azevedo, Rita de Cássia Félix Alvarez, Regimar Garcia dos Santos, Paulo Eduardo Teodoro   +8 more
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Fatality Following Intentional Ingestion of Cerbera odollam Seeds

Clinical Practice and Cases in Emergency Medicine, 2018
Seeds from the mangrove plant Cerbera (C.) odollam, known as the “suicide tree,” are responsible for a significant number of plant deaths worldwide but are not well recognized in Western medicine. Cerberin is a cardiac glycoside concentrated in the plant’
Ryan Misek, Glenn Allen, Valerie LeComte, Nicholas Mazur   +3 more
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Mechanisms of Aristolochic Acid Resistance in Specialist Butterflies and Evolutionary Insights for Potential Protective Pathways

Advanced Science, Volume 13, Issue 19, 2 April 2026.
The study provides an extreme example of insect adaptation to highly toxic defenses of host plants, and investigates the complex strategies to resist carcinogenic aristolochic acids, including physical isolation, metabolic detoxification, and DNA repair.
Yang Luan, Yubo Zhang, Jingjing Li, Jianqing Zhu, Yuyang Lei, Yushi Hu, Zhenqiang Xin, Tianpei Xie, Jiang Zheng, Yuanyuan Lin, Jingjing Shen, Yiyi Cao, Xinyue You, Jing Xi, Jiaying Wu, Weiying Liu, Xinyu Zhang, Yuanting Zheng, David J. Lohman, Leming Shi, Wei Zhang   +20 more
wiley   +1 more source

Antagonism of the Sodium-Potassium ATPase Impairs Chikungunya Virus Infection

mBio, 2016
Chikungunya virus (CHIKV) is a reemerging alphavirus that has caused epidemics of fever, arthralgia, and rash worldwide. There are currently no licensed vaccines or antiviral therapies available for the prevention or treatment of CHIKV disease.
Alison W. Ashbrook, Anthony J. Lentscher, Paula F. Zamora, Laurie A. Silva, Nicholas A. May, Joshua A. Bauer, Thomas E. Morrison, Terence S. Dermody   +7 more
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Alternative Approaches and Plant‐Based Remedies for Livestock Health Management Among the Batswana of Southern Africa: A Review

Chemistry &Biodiversity, Volume 23, Issue 4, April 2026.
ABSTRACT Due to limited access to, and the high cost of conventional veterinary services, Batswana communities often rely on ethnoveterinary practices for livestock health management. This review provides an in‐depth analysis on the ethnoveterinary uses, biological properties and safety assessment of plants utilised in livestock husbandry. A systematic
Tswelelopele G. Mpolokeng, Ndzalama Shikwambana, Mompati V. Chakale, John A. Asong, Lyndy J. McGaw, Stephen O. Amoo, Nqobile A. Masondo, Adeyemi O. Aremu   +7 more
wiley   +1 more source

Total Synthesis of Cardenolides Acospectoside A and Acovenoside B

Molecules
Acospectoside A (1) and acovenoside B (2), two cytotoxic cardenolides extracted from the venomous South African bush Acokanthera oppositifolia, are distinguished by their unique structural motifs of the l-acovenose moiety at C-3 and a 1β-O-acetylated ...
Benzhang Liu, Peng Xu, Biao Yu
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Intoxication with Ornithogalum arabicum is a potential cause of visual impairment and irreversible blindness in dogs

Toxicon: X, 2019
We describe two dogs with persistent visual impairment after initially mild intoxication signs following ingestion of Ornithogalum arabicum plant material.
Inge J.M. Slenter, Sylvia C. Djajadiningrat-Laanen, Irma de Vries, Marieke A. Dijkman   +3 more
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Early Assessment of the Invasiveness of the Alien Plant Vernonia amygdalina Del. Introduced in China

Ecology and Evolution, Volume 16, Issue 4, April 2026.
This study evaluates the invasion potential of Vernonia amygdalina by synthesizing evidence on its taxonomic background, morphological and life‐history traits, reproductive strategies, allelopathic effects, defense mechanisms, climatic suitability, and human‐mediated introduction and cultivation practices.
Lei Gao, Jia lin Deng, Shu Ning Liu, Yun Lu Ma   +3 more
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