Nitensidine D is a toxic alkaloid
natural product
A natural product is a natural compound or substance produced by a living organism—that is, found in nature. In the broadest sense, natural products include any substance produced by life. Natural products can also be prepared by chemical s ...
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 (biology), order that includes Tetraodontidae, pufferfish, porcupinefish, ocean sunfish, and triggerfish; several of these species carry the toxin. Alt ...
.
See also
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Galegine
Galegine is a toxic chemical compound that has been isolated from '' 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 as a pharmace ...
References
Guanidine alkaloids
Plant toxins
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