Nitensidine D is a toxic alkaloid
natural product that was isolated from the leaves of the South American legume ''
Pterogyne nitens''.
It is also hypothesized to be a possible intermediate in the still unknown, seemingly monoterpene based, terrestrial biosynthetic pathway for
tetrodotoxin
Tetrodotoxin (TTX) is a potent neurotoxin. Its name derives from Tetraodontiformes, an order that includes pufferfish, porcupinefish, ocean sunfish, and triggerfish; several of these species carry the toxin. Although tetrodotoxin was discovere ...
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Galegine
Galegine is a toxic chemical compound that has been isolated from Goat's rue (''Galega officinalis''). It has also been found to be the principal cause of the toxicity of poison sedge (''Schoenus asperocarpus'').
Galegine was used in the 1920s ...
References
Guanidine alkaloids
Plant toxins
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