Class: Acetylenics Name: Description:

Class: Alkaloid Name: Tehuanine Description:

Class: Alkaloid Name: Pyrrolizidine Description: Cause liver injury through the functional death of the liver cells and rupture of the veins that supply blood to the liver.

Class: Alkaloid Name: Description:

Class: Alkaloid Name: Phytolaccine Description:

Class: Alkaloid Name: Piloceredine Description:

Class: Alkaloid Name: Pilocereine Description:

Class: Alkaloid Name: Lysergic Acid Amine Description:

Class: Alkaloid Name: Erithrocoraloidine Description:

Class: alkaloid Name: Columbamine Description: An alkaloid

Class: Amino Acid Name: L-Tryptophan Description: Merck #9707 (6th ed.) = L-a-aminoindole-3-propionic acid C11 H12 N2 O2 mol wt. 204.22 C 64.69% H 5.92% N 13.72% O 15.67% This is an essential amino acid not made in sufficient quantities in the body and therefore must be consumed from outside sources. Sol. In hot ethanol, in alkali hydroxides, Insoln in chloroform. Considered an antidepressant/nutrient therapeutically.

Class: Coumarins Name: Description: Known to have analgesic properties as well as antispamolytic, antibacterial, and anthelmintic properties (Bye 1986).

Class: Croton Oil Name: Phorbols Description: A mixture of terpenoid principles

Class: Croton Oil Name: Glycerides Description:

Class: Cyclic Diester Name: Description: Are metabolized in the liver to bound pyrrole derivatives, both soluble and insoluble.

Class: Enzyme Name: Asclepain Description:

Class: Essential Oil Name: Lingustilide Description:

Class: Essential Oils Name: Description:

Class: Flavon Glycoside Name: Description:

Class: Flavonoid Name: Artemetin Description:

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