NATURAL TOXIN
2020.05.18
Toxin of the week
Here you will find short descriptions of natural toxins. Each week will bring a new description as 'Toxin of the week' (except for breaks during summer vacation etc). All 15 fellows and other members of the NaToxAq consortium will contribute. For each description the author will be indicated.
The toxins are listed below according to date, and in the menu to the left they are sorted alphabetically.
Despite of their toxicity,
2020.05.11
Forsythoside
Psolaren
2020.05.05
Psolaren
NATURAL TOXIN
2020.04.21
Toxic hypoglycin in ackee. Wait until it is ripe!
NATURAL TOXIN
2020.03.30
Artemisinin
NATURAL TOXIN
2020.03.23
Menthol
NATURAL TOXIN
2020.03.16
Parthenin: A toxin from Parthenium weed
2020.03.10
Vicine and convicine - the main anti-nutritional factors restriciting faba bean usage
PICROCROCIN
2020.03.02
Picrocrocin – Saffron’s taste
NATURAL TOXIN
2020.02.24
Cyclopamine
NATURAL TOXIN
2020.02.17
Weed – cannabinoids
NATURAL TOXIN
2020.01.31
Cryptophycin – a potent cytotoxic agent
NATURAL TOXIN: Eutrophication
2020.01.27
Sanguinarine
Natural toxin:
2020.01.20
Colchicine - lethal confusion with wild garlic
NATURAL TOXIN
2020.01.13
Oxalyldiaminopropionic acid
NATURAL TOXIN
2020.01.06
Botulinum toxin – deadly but useful
NATURAL TOXIN
2019.12.16
Physostigmine – a natural carbamate derivate and an indole alkaloid
Natural toxin
2019.12.06
Caudatoside – an unfamiliar terpene glycoside from ferns
Salicin is an
2019.12.03
Salicin
Natural toxin:
2019.11.27
Brevetoxins: Looks colourful but it is harmful
Pyrethrum
2019.11.18
Pyrethrum – the natural role model for the synthetic pyrethroid insecticides
Atropa Belladona L.,
2019.11.11
Atropine
Aesculin is a
2019.11.04
Aesculine
Patulin
2019.10.28
Patulin - can apple juice be dangerous?
Nutmeg
2019.10.21
Nutmeg - The dose makes a Toxin
Gelsemine is the main alkaloid
2019.10.07
Gelsemine - from yellow jasmine and Arthur Conan Doyles' self-poisoning experience
Yew is the common name
2019.09.30
Paclitaxel - a “friendly” toxin that helps you with cancer
Natural toxins
2019.09.23
Microviridin – the largest known cyanopeptide
Natural toxin
2019.09.16
Rutecarpine - not all toxins are bad
Natural toxin
2019.09.09
Skimmianine - a natural alkaloid from family Rutaceae
Natural toxin
2019.09.02
S-methylcysteine sulfoxide – the Kale anaemia factor
Natural toxin
2019.08.26
Amygdalin – sweet sugar and lethal cyanide in one molecule
Natural toxin
2019.06.24
Cytisine - a quinolizidine alkaloid
Natural toxin
2019.06.17
Echimidine - A weed by any other name – Paterson’s Curse or Salvation Jane?
Natural toxin
2019.05.27
Tannins - protein binding polyphenolics
Natural toxin
2019.05.20
Kahweol: It's Qahweh
Natural toxin
2019.05.13
Gramine – fighting natural toxins with natural toxins
Natural toxin
2019.05.06
Aristolochic acids - the culprit behind Balkan endemic nephropathy
Natural toxin
2019.04.29
Catechins - benefits of green tea
Natural toxin
2019.04.08
Muscarine - mushroom hunting can be a dangerous sport
Natural toxin
2019.04.01
Caffeine – the most widely consumed psychoactive drug
2019.03.25
Brucine – another neurotoxic alkaloid present in the Nux-vomica tree
2019.03.18
Microginin – a toxin or a potential drug?
Natural toxin
2019.03.11
Lycorine - is making daffodils inedible
2019.03.04
Xanthotoxol - a secondary product originated from imperatorin
Natural toxin
2019.02.25
Maitotoxin – the heavyweight of nonbiopolymeric toxins
Natural toxin
2019.01.07
Ptesculentoside – an unfamiliar terpene glycoside from ferns
Natural toxin
2018.12.17
Helenalin – a toxic sesquiterpene lactone
Natural toxin
2018.12.12
Rotenone - a natural pesticide
Natural toxin
2018.12.03
Menisdaurin – deck the halls with boughs of holly
2018.11.26
Digoxin – the cardenolide that may give you van Gogh’s “yellow vision”
Natural toxin
2018.11.19
Cucurbitacin - the bitter end
Natural toxin
2018.11.12
Retinoic acid and its relatives - I can't live with or without you
Natural toxin
2018.11.05
Carboxyatractyloside – the toxin produced by the common cockleburs
Natural toxin
2018.10.29
Cyclamide – a wealth of different bioactivities
Natural compounds
2018.10.22
Geosmin and 2-Methylisoborneol – nontoxic but stinky terpenoids that make your drinking water unpalatable
Natural toxin
2018.10.15
Ophobiolin A - a toxic fungal sesterterpenoid toxin.
Natural toxin
2018.10.08
Juglone – a toxic chemical from Juglandaceae family
2018.10.01
Tutin - sweet poison
Natural toxin
2018.09.24
Furanocoumarins - the defence of wild Parsnip and Giant Hogweed
Natural toxin
2018.09.17
Quercetin - creating an estrogenic response
Natural toxin
2018.09.10
Ergotamine - can cause death of your body tissue
Natural toxin
2018.09.03
Papaverine - the secret companion of morphine
Natural toxin
2018.08.27
Emodin – a Natural Anthraquinone Derivative Occurred in Rhubarb
Natural toxin
2018.08.20
Glycyrrhizin – a sweet poison
Natural toxin
2018.05.22
Puwainaphycins – when your heart skips a beat
Natural toxin
2018.05.14
Ricin - it takes so little to get a lethal dose
Natural toxin
2018.05.07
Anatoxin-a(S) – the currently only naturally occurring organophosphate we know of
Natural toxin
2018.04.30
Jacobine - one of the reasons behind the toxicity of ragwort
Natural toxin
2018.04.24
Aeruginosin – a thrombin and trypsin inhibitor
Natural toxin
2018.04.16
Convallatoxin – the toxin of wild garlic’s deadly doppelganger
Natural toxin
2018.04.09
Sparteine – another Alkaloid in luteus family
Natural toxin
2018.04.02
Coumarin – a liver damaging toxin in cheap cinnamon.
Natural toxin
2018.03.26
Abrin from Rosary Pea - attractive and fatal
Natural toxin
2018.03.19
Cicutoxin - a cholinergic poison
Natural toxin
2018.03.12
Genistein - an agent of endocrine disruptive effects and relief of menopausal disorders
Natural toxin
2018.03.05
Apicidin - a hemorrhagic factor produced by Toxic Fusarium spp.
Natural toxin
2018.02.26
Nicotine – a natural insecticide
Natural toxin
2018.02.19
Galanthamine – onions make you cry, others could make you die
Natural toxin
2018.02.12
Endotoxins - a structural link between cyanobacteria and human pathogens
Natural toxin
2018.02.05
Strychnine - a highly toxic indole alkaloid
Natural toxin
2018.01.29
Cylindrospermopsins - alkaloid hepatotoxins beyond the Palm Island mystery disease in the late 1970s
Natural toxin
2018.01.22
Aconitine – the queen of poison
Natural toxin
2018.01.15
Anabaenopeptins - versatile in structure and function
Natural toxin
2018.01.08
Senecionine – a pyrrolizidine alkaloid
Natural toxin
2017.12.11
Lupinine - the chemical stopping you from eating Lupin
Natural toxin
2017.12.04
Oleandrin – a powerful cardiac glycoside
Natural toxin
2017.11.27
Nodularins - hepatotoxic cyclic pentapeptides
Natural toxin
2017.11.20
Coniine - a piperidine alkaloid
Natural toxin
2017.11.13
Bergapten – a phototoxic furanocoumarin
Natural toxin
2017.11.06
Gossypol - a polyphenolic compound
Natural toxin
2017.10.30
Lyngbyatoxins - the swimmer’s itch disease causing agents.
Natural toxin
2017.10.23
Aflatoxins - The risk in mold
Natural toxin
2017.10.16
Saponins - amphipathic glycosides
Natural toxin
2017.10.09
Saxitoxins – a class of alkaloid neurotoxins produced by diverse algal organisms
Natural toxin
2017.10.02
Anatoxin-A - a neurotoxic amine
Natural toxin
2017.09.25
Grayanotoxin - From honey to hospital
Natural toxin
2017.09.18
Shiga toxins - Stowaways on your sprouts
Natural toxin
2017.09.11
Cyanopeptolins - cyanotoxins in the shadow of the famous microcystins
Natural toxin
2017.08.28
Solanine – The reason your mother told you not to eat green potatoes
Natural toxin
2017.08.21
Formononetin from red clover – is freshwater fish at risk?
Natural toxin
2017.06.25
Microcystins – hepatotoxic cyclic peptides from blue-green algae (cyanobacteria)
Natural toxin
2017.06.19
(S)-(-)-Hyoscyamine - a tropane alkaloid
Natural toxin
2017.06.12
Ouabain – a cardenolide glycoside
Natural toxin
2017.06.06
Thujone - a terpenoid
Natural toxin
2017.05.29
Ptaquiloside - a carcinogenic terpene glycoside from ferns
Natural toxin
2017.05.22