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fleshy covering. The
seeds are poisonous,
containing the
azoxyglycosides macrozamin and cycasin, and
these are also
present in the flesh, roots,
stems and...
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carcinogenic and
neurotoxic glucoside.
Other glucoside toxins present include macrozamin (de) and
several neocycasins. BMAA, a
neurotoxin that is
produced by cyanobacteria...
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Zamiaceae family are
generally toxic and
produce the
azoxyglycoside macrozamin.
Macrozamin is
composed of a
primeverosa which is a
disaccharide formed by glucose...
- Castillo-Guevara, Citlalli; Rico-Gray,
Victor (July 2003). "The Role of
Macrozamin and
Cycasin in
Cycads (Cycadales) as
Antiherbivore Defenses". Journal...
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degeneration of the
spinal cord. It is
caused by the
toxins cycasin and
macrozamin, β-glycosides (the
sugars of
which are
glucose and primeverose, respectively)...
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Macrozamin". PubChem.
Retrieved 23 May 2023. Lythgoe, B; Riggs, N V (15
December 1949). "
Macrozamin, a
toxic nitrogen-containing...
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having a
higher concentration of azoxyglycosides,
including cycasin and
macrozamin, than
other parts of the plant.
Other toxins identified within the cycad...
- grazed. The
toxins contained in the cone and
other parts of the plant,
macrozamin and cycasin, are
produced in
coralloid roots by nitrogen-fixing cyanobacteria...
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Zamia palm
called burrawang which,
although containing the
deadly toxin macrozamin, is
reported to have been
generally avoided,
except as a "hard time food"...
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Trichosurus vulpecula, a
common possum known locally as quumarl. The
toxins macrozamin and
cycasin are
produced by
cyanobacteria engaged in
nitrogen fixing at...