Rattlebox, Crotalaria

Rattlebox Crotalaria species Van Rompay M, Kessler RC. Trends in alternative medi- ... 

Crotalaria mucromta Desv. Zhu Shi Tou (Rattlebox) (whole plant) Mucronatine, mucronatinine, retroresine, usaramine, nilgirine, vitexin, vitrexin-4-O-xyloside, apigenin.33 Treat frequent urination in children, edema, chronic diarrhea, pelvic infections. 

Crotalaria sessiliflora L. Ye Bai He (Narrow-leaved rattlebox) (whole plant) Monocrotalines.33 This herb is toxic. Anticancer. 

Most of the members of the Crotalaria (rattlebox) species contain pyrrolizidine alkaloids, such as crotaline and monocrotaline, and therefore have hepatotoxic potential (18). These alkaloids are covered in a separate monograph. 

Crotalaria species (rattlebox) Cyamopsis tetragonoloba (cluster bean)... 

Crotalaria sagittalis L. (rattlebox) is reputed to be the oldest species known to cause crotalism in livestock, this property having been first noted as long ago as 1884. In particular, it produces a fatal cirrhosis of the liver in horses ingesting it, but in spite of this the plant appears not previously to have been investigated. The seeds have now been shown to contain the very toxic monocrotaline and its Af-oxide, while t.l.c. has revealed the presence of three other alkaloids, together with an iV-oxide. ... 

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