Mistletoe berries

Toxic amines are common in the Lathyrus genera (vetches and sweet peas), mistletoe berries (Phorandendron spp.), and Leucaena spp. The toxic amines in Lathyrus cause degeneration of motor tracts of the spinal cord, resulting in paralysis, and even death. The condition called lathyiism was common in... 

Walsberg, G. E. (1975). Digestive adaptations of Phainopepla nitens associated with the eating of mistletoe berries. Condor , 169-174. 

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Druids harvested the mistletoe berry yearly and used it in their winter celebrations, known as samain and imbolc, which were centered on the winter solstice. For this celebration, the Druids concocted a strong potion of the berries, which researchers have subsequently discovered contains a female-like steroid that may have stimulated the libido (presumably structurally related to either estrogen or progesterone). Mistletoe has, of course, become a contemporary symbol to Yuletide merrymakers as a license to kiss. 

Racemic inositol has been reported as a constituent of fresh mistletoe berries where it occurs accompanied by meso-inositoP and also in small quantity in the stems of the liana Efiri. Historically, racemic inositol shares with Fischer s D,L-mannonic acid lactone the distinction of being the first racemate produced in the sugar series. - ... 

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Reported human toxicity occurs from either ingestion of the plant itself or from ingestion of a herbal remedy derived from the mistletoe. Ingestion of the plant, most commonly the berries, may be associated with the development of gastrointestinal distress consisting of nausea, vomiting, abdominal cramps, and diarrhea. Mistletoe berry exposures most commonly occur in children during the Christmas season development of symptoms is rare. 

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Synonyms Mistletoe berry extract Mistletoe extract Viscum alba extract Viscum album Viscum album berry extract... 

DL-Inositol, m.p. 253°, is found in the free state in mistletoe berries (20), It is accompanied by mi/o-inositol, but it is readily separated since its hexa-acetate has a greater solubility in alcohol than that of m /o-inositol. 

The Celts, and others, also used mistletoe for medical purposes. The Roman historian Pliny the Younger wrote that mistletoe was deemed a cure for epilepsy carried about by women it assisted them to conceive, and it healed ulcers most effectually, if only the sufferer chewed a piece of the plant and laid another piece on the sore. Modern herbalists continue to recommend mistletoe for the treatment of epilepsy, hypertension, and hormone imbalances. However, it should be appreciated that homemade brews prepared from the berries and leaves of the North American species (Phoradendron flavescens) are poisonous and should be avoided. 

Mistletoes produce sticky berries, which are either carried by birds or dropped from the mistletoe plant. Dodder spreads by seeds, which can be brought in with crop seeds or spread by animals or equipment. 

The term mistletoe is used for a number of different parasitic plants from the Genus Phoradendron and Viscum. It is a semiparasitic shrub with ovate, opposite leaves. It is found growing on trees, especially oaks. The berries grow in grapelike clusters and are typically white, round, and translucent. 

Of the approximately 1860 exposures to American mistletoe listed in reviews of information reported to poison control centers, none were fatal (Hall et al. 1986 Krenzelok et al. 1997 Spiller et al. 1996). Other literature reports two fatal cases. One patient drank an unspecified amount of American mistletoe (part not specified), although symptoms and events leading to the fatality were not available. A woman who ingested an unspecified amount of berries in an attempted abortion developed abdominal pain, hypoventilation, and died from cardiovascular collapse (Hall et al. 1986 Moore 1963). 

Definition Extract of the berries of the mistletoe, Viscum aibum... 

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Two novel alkaloids were isolated and characterized during 2012 from the European white-berry mistletoe (Viscum album L.) [99]. These are the first alkaloids of any type reported from this species. Although overkill for such simple structures HMBC data were acquired and supported the... 

Fig. 4.8 Navajo Dye Chart ( Ella Myers). Toh-Atin Gallery, Durango, Colorado. Key row 1 scarlet bugler, afterbath from black dye, Brigham tea, brown onion skin, penstemon, sage brush row 2 juniper mistletoe, red onion skin, Indian paint brush, rubber plant row 3 alder bark, Navajo tea, wild black berries, rabbit brush row 4 snake weed, purple larkspur, wild onion, Gambel oak bark row 5 sumac, pinon pitch and ocher, yellow sweet clover, blue flowered lupine, globemallow, goldenrod, grey chamiso...

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