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Pteridium

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Definition: A plant genus of the family DENNSTAEDTIACEAE. Members contain ptaquiloside, braxin A1, and braxin B. The name is similar to brake fern (PTERIS).  do not confuse X ref FERN, BRACKEN with FERN, BRAKE see PTERIS; coord with specific PLANT STRUCTURES term if pertinent; for use in therapy coord IM with PHYTOTHERAPY (IM) + disease/drug ther (IM) + PLANT PREPARATIONS or its indentations/ther use (IM or N    Other names esculentums, Pteris; esculentums, Pteridium; esculentum, Pteris; esculentum, Pteridium; aquilinums, Pteridium; aquilinum, Pteridium; aquilinas, Pteris; aquilina, Pteris; Pteris esculentums; Pteris aquilinas; Pteridiums; Pteridium esculentums; Pteridium aquilinums; Ferns, Bracken; Brackenferns; Bracken Ferns; Bracken Fern; Pteris esculentum; Pteris aquilina; Pteridium esculentum
 
SubstanceCAS Registry & nameCategoriesSource
ptaquiloside Z  0   *Glucosides *Indans *Sesquiterpenes Pteridium. Bioorg Med Chem 1998 Nov;6(11):2229-33
ptaquiloside  87625-62-5 Spiro(cyclopropane-1,5'-(5H)inden)-3'(2'H)-one, 7'a-(beta-D-glucopyranosyloxy)-1',3'a,4',7'a-tetrahydro-4'-hydroxy-2',4',6'-trimethyl  *Indans *Sesquiterpenes Plant Poisoning Pteridium.
Pharma Action Carcinogens ; Mutagens 		Carcinogenesis 1983;4(12):1587; Vet Rec 1984;115(15):375
pterosin  0   *Indans *Sesquiterpenes Pteridium. Experientia 31(7):829;1975

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