Analysis of a Maasai arrow poison.
An arrow poison prepared by traditional methods from Acokanthera schimperi in the Maasai plains of Kenya was shown to contain acolongifloroside K as its major active principle, as well as smaller amounts of ouabain and acovenoside A. The major cardenolide is the first identified "ouabain equivalent" from an East African arrow poison.
D002298:Cardenolides / Q000494:pharmacology*; D002851:Chromatography, High Pressure Liquid; D002855:Chromatography, Thin Layer; D007630:Kenya; D009682:Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy; D010042:Ouabain / Q000032:analysis*; D010947:Plants, Toxic / Q000032:analysis*; D011042:Poisons / Q000032:analysis*
D002298:Cardenolides; D011042:Poisons; D010042:Ouabain; C048124:acovenoside A