aglycone
chemical compound
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occurrence in poisonous plants
- In poison: Plant poisons (phytotoxins)
…one or more other compounds—aglycones (nonsugars)—when hydrolyzed (chemically degraded by the introduction of water molecules between adjacent subunits), are extremely toxic to animals. Toxicity resides in the aglycone component or a part of it. Oxalates are salts of oxalic acid, which under natural conditions is not toxic but becomes…
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steroids
- In steroid: Cardiac glycosides and aglycones
Many species of plants contain toxic (specifically, heart-arresting) steroids of the cardanolide type as glycosides (compounds that contain structural groups derived from sugars) of up to four sugar residues, which may include glucose, rhamnose, and 10 other sugars characteristic of this group
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