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dc.contributor.authorWilliams, M. C.
dc.date.accessioned2020-09-26T18:44:39Z
dc.date.available2020-09-26T18:44:39Z
dc.date.issued1978-05-01
dc.identifier.citationWilliams, M. C. (1978). Toxicity of saponins in Alfombrilla (Drymaria arenarioides). Journal of Range Management, 31(3), 182-184.
dc.identifier.issn0022-409X
dc.identifier.doi10.2307/3897175
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10150/646749
dc.description.abstractAlfombrilla (Drymaria arenarioides H.B.K.) is a highly toxic short-lived perennial of the Caryophyllaceae family found in Mexico. The species has gradually spread northward through Chihuahua and Sonora and now threatens to invade the southwestern United States. Alfombrilla was analyzed for seven common poisonous compounds. Of these, only saponins, which assayed 3.0% of the plant dry weight, were present at toxic levels. Sheep were killed when fed dried alfombrilla at 0.5% of body weight and with saponin extracted from an equivalent weight of plant. When 1-week-old chicks were fed alfombrilla at 2 to 3% of body weight and with an equivalent weight of pure saponin extracted from the plant, they were acutely poisoned. Thin-layer chromatography showed that six saponins were present in alfombrilla.
dc.language.isoen
dc.publisherSociety for Range Management
dc.relation.urlhttps://rangelands.org/
dc.rightsCopyright © Society for Range Management.
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dc.titleToxicity of Saponins in Alfombrilla (Drymaria arenarioides)
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dc.typeArticle
dc.identifier.journalJournal of Range Management
dc.description.noteThis material was digitized as part of a cooperative project between the Society for Range Management and the University of Arizona Libraries.
dc.description.collectioninformationThe Journal of Range Management archives are made available by the Society for Range Management and the University of Arizona Libraries. Contact lbry-journals@email.arizona.edu for further information.
dc.eprint.versionFinal published version
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dc.source.volume31
dc.source.issue3
dc.source.beginpage182-184
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