Bracken toxicology: identification of some water soluble compounds from crozier and rhizome.
The isolation and chemical characterisation of compounds not previously reported from bracken fern (Pteridium aquilinum L Kuhn) are described. They occurred in fractions derived from the plant which have been shown to be carcinogenic in mice. Known properties of structural analogues could have implications concerning initiation of tumour formation.
D000818:Animals; D002273:Carcinogens / Q000032:analysis / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D055598:Chemical Phenomena; D002621:Chemistry; D005260:Female; D008401:Gas Chromatography-Mass Spectrometry; D007942:Leukemia, Experimental / Q000139:chemically induced; D008297:Male; D051379:Mice; D008815:Mice, Inbred Strains; D009374:Neoplasms, Experimental / Q000139:chemically induced; D010947:Plants, Toxic / Q000032:analysis*; D012995:Solubility; D014867:Water
D002273:Carcinogens; D014867:Water