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Carcinogenic effects of ptaquiloside in bracken fern and related compounds

Consumption of the bracken fern Pteridium aquilinum by cattle has been shown to induce bladder and intestinal carcinomas in cattle and to cause a number of diseases in other farm animals. An unstable glucoside named ptaquiloside, containing a reactive cyclopropane ring, has been isolated from the fe...

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Autores principales: Potter, D M, Baird, M S
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Nature Publishing Group 2000
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2374682/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/10970694
http://dx.doi.org/10.1054/bjoc.2000.1368