Scillitoxin (scillaine) is a chemical substance found in daffodils.[1][2] It is a cardiac glucoside (a type of glycoside).[3] with effects similar to digitoxin.[4] The first, 1889, edition of the Merck Index lists: "Scilli-toxin (Scillain)" under the heading of "Squill (Scilla) preparations".[5] It was stated in 1929 that "Scillitoxin has not been chemically identified as a definite chemical entity".[6]
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- ^ Carty, Peter (7 February 2015). "Supermarkets told to keep daffodils away from fruit and vegetables due to poisoning risk". International Business Times. Retrieved 15 May 2017.
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- ^ Natural Sources of Flavourings. Council of Europe. 2008-01-01. ISBN 9789287164223.
- ^ "scillitoxin - definition of scillitoxin in English | Oxford Dictionaries". Oxford Dictionaries | English. Retrieved 2017-03-25.
- ^ Merck, E. (1889). Merck's Index of fine chemicals and drugs for the materia medica and the arts. p. 137.
- ^ Munch, J.C.; Silver, James; Horn, E.E. (November 1929). Red-squill powders as raticides. United States Department of Agriculture Technical Bulletin. 134. p. 3. Retrieved 15 May 2017.