Plants with toxic alkaloids - University of Washington
Plants with toxic alkaloids - University of Washington
Plants with toxic alkaloids - University of Washington
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Salicin - a glycoside <strong>of</strong><br />
salicylic acid from<br />
willows & meadowsweet<br />
related to the drug<br />
aspirin<br />
Glycosides for temporary detoxification<br />
Aglycoside is a molecule in which (1) a sugar is<br />
bound to (2) a non-carbohydrate moiety: some<br />
other organic molecule. The sugar group is then<br />
known as (1) the glycone and the non-sugar<br />
group as (2) the aglycone or genin part <strong>of</strong> the<br />
glycoside.<br />
<strong>Plants</strong> store chemicals including toxins in the<br />
form <strong>of</strong> inactive glycosides. These can be<br />
activated by hydrolysis, which causes the sugar<br />
part to break <strong>of</strong>f, making the chemical ready to<br />
act. Also in animals and humans, poisons are<br />
<strong>of</strong>ten bound to sugar molecules as part <strong>of</strong> their<br />
detoxification.
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