Isolation and structure determination of terminalin a toxic condensed tannin from Terminalia oblongata

• Published in: Natural toxins Vol. 2; no. 3; p. 144
• Main Authors: Oelrichs, P.B, Pearce, C.M, Zhu, J, Filippich, L.J
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: United States 1994
• Subjects: Animals; FEUILLE; HOJAS; Injections, Intraperitoneal; Kidney - drug effects; Kidney - pathology; LEAVES; Liver - drug effects; Liver - pathology; Liver - ultrastructure; Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy; Male; MICE; OVIN; OVINOS; PHYTOTOXINS; Plant Extracts - chemistry; Plant Extracts - toxicity; Plant Poisoning - blood; Plant Poisoning - etiology; Plant Poisoning - physiopathology; Plant Poisoning - veterinary; PLANTAS TOXICAS; PLANTE TOXIQUE; POISONOUS PLANTS; Proanthocyanidins; QUEENSLAND; RATON; SHEEP; Sheep Diseases - blood; Sheep Diseases - chemically induced; Sheep Diseases - physiopathology; SOURIS; Spectrometry, Mass, Fast Atom Bombardment; Spectrophotometry, Infrared; TANINOS; TANNIN; TANNINS; Tannins - chemistry; Tannins - toxicity; TERMINALIA; TOXICIDAD; TOXICITE; TOXICITY; TOXINAS; TOXINE; TOXINS; Trees; Queensland

Terminalia oblongata (yellow wood) is a small deciduous tree growing over an area of central Queensland that supports a large proportion of this state's cattle population. Cattle and sheep that consume yellow wood leaves are poisoned and die. Severe losses of these animals can occur, and this p...