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by Erin Albrecht on April 21st, 2005

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What are the most important glycosides involved in plant poisonings?

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  • by lynnenorth on January 9th, 2006

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    The ones I know about are:

    the cyanogenic glycosides -- generally alpha-hydroxynitrile type aglycone and a sugar, which is catabolysed down to hydrogen cyanide by a number of enzymes.

    the cardiac glycosides -- coumarins, digoxin and digotoxin, and the digitalis-like cardenolides, from plants like milkweed, foxglove, oleander(s), and lily-of-the-valley.

    However, I don't pretend to know all of them.

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