Potential Health Risks Posed by Plant-Derived Cumulative Neurotoxic Bufadienolides in South Africa
Bufadienolide-type cardiac glycosides have a worldwide distribution and are mainly synthesized by plants, but there are also animal sources. In South Africa, members of three genera of the Crassulaceae (Cotyledon, Tylecodon and Kalanchoe) cause a unique chronic form of cardiac glycoside poisoning, p...
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MDPI AG
2016-03-01
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| Online Access: | http://www.mdpi.com/1420-3049/21/3/348 |