ISSN:
1476-4687
Source:
Nature Archives 1869 - 2009
Topics:
Biology
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Chemistry and Pharmacology
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Medicine
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Natural Sciences in General
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Physics
Notes:
[Auszug] Broom is toxic to certain animals and to man, mainly as a result of its alkaloid content3, but sparteine appears to have a very low toxicity to insects4. Quantitative estimations of sparteine content of parts of broom5'6 showed that shoot tips contained the largest quantities; however, at flowering ...
Type of Medium:
Electronic Resource
URL:
http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/212213b0
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