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cleistanthins

Term ID
CHEBI:84406
Synonyms
Definition
Any of the lignans with a 9-aryl-1-oxo-1,3-dihydronaphtho[2,3-c]furan-4-yl glycoside skeleton originally isolated from Cleistanthus collinus, a toxic deciduous shrub. While all parts of the plant are poisonous, the leaves in particular are used as a suicide poison by young women in rural parts of southern India. Cleistanthins A and B have been particularly associated with the toxicity of the plant, with cleistanthin A being more potent than cleistanthin B.
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Ontology
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Relationships
is a type of
has subtype
has_role
inverse has_functional_parent
Phenotype
Phenotype resulting from cleistanthins
Phenotype where environments contain cleistanthins
Phenotype modified by environments containing cleistanthins
Human Disease Model