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Frontiers in Pharmacology, 2020 Stenodactylin, a highly toxic type 2 ribosome-inactivating protein purified from the caudex of Adenia stenodactyla Harms, is a potential anticancer drug candidate.
Daniele Mercatelli +9 more
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Ricin: An Ancient Story for a Timeless Plant Toxin
Toxins, 2019 The castor plant (Ricinus communis L.) has been known since time immemorial in traditional medicine in the pharmacopeia of Mediterranean and eastern ancient cultures. Moreover, it is still used in folk medicine worldwide.
Letizia Polito +4 more
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Acta Agriculturae Slovenica, 2021 Plants respond to pest attack, among other mechanisms, by producing specific proteins with insecticidal properties. Proteins with toxic effects on insects have also been discovered in many other organisms, especially fungi and bacteria.
Primož ŽIGON +2 more
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Food Additives and Contaminants Part A-chemistry Analysis Control Exposure & Risk Assessment, 2011 Hans Mol +3 more
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Heterophyllin: A New Adenia Toxic Lectin with Peculiar Biological Properties
Toxins, 2023 Ribosome-inactivating proteins (RIPs) are plant toxins that were identified for their ability to irreversibly damage ribosomes, thereby causing arrest of protein synthesis and induction of cell death.
Massimo Bortolotti +4 more
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Chemical Diversity of Plant Cyanogenic Glycosides: An Overview of Reported Natural Products
Molecules, 2021 Cyanogenic glycosides are an important and widespread class of plant natural products, which are however structurally less diverse than many other classes of natural products.
Meri Yulvianti, Christian Zidorn
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Insects, 2020 Predators and parasitoids regulate insect populations and select defense mechanisms such as the sequestration of plant toxins. Sequestration is common among herbivorous insects, yet how the structural variation of plant toxins affects defenses against ...
Prayan Pokharel +3 more
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Ribosome-Inactivating Proteins from Plants: A Historical Overview
Molecules, 2016 This review provides a historical overview of the research on plant ribosome-inactivating proteins (RIPs), starting from the first studies at the end of eighteenth century involving the purification of abrin and ricin, as well as the immunological ...
Andrea Bolognesi +4 more
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[Simultaneous LC-MS/MS Determination of 18 Plant Toxins in Beverages].
Shokuhin eiseigaku zasshi. Journal of the Food Hygienic Society of Japan, 2019 Assuming the intentional adulteration of beverages with plant toxins, an LC-MS/MS method for the simultaneous determination of 18 plant toxins (lycorine, galantamine, ricinine, scopolamine, gelsemine, atropine, colchicine, α-solanine, jervine, α ...
Akifumi Oishi +2 more
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Toxins, 2020 Cardiac glycosides (CGs) are naturally occurring plant secondary metabolites that can be toxic to humans and animals. The aim of this work was to develop a targeted analytical method utilizing liquid chromatography—tandem mass spectrometry (LC-MS/MS) for
Svetlana V. Malysheva +2 more
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