ANALYSIS OF BIFURCATE HAIRED ASTRAGALUS SPECIES FROM IRAN FOR TOXIC NITRO COMPOUNDS

Leaflets of ۱۱۱ specimens including ۸۲ bifurcate haired Astragalus species in ۱۳ sections were taken from the herbarium specimens of Research Institute of Forests and Rangelands (TARI). They were analyzed quantitatively for toxic aliphatic nitro compounds. The catabolites of nitro compounds, ۳-nitro-۱-propanol and ۳-nitropropionic acid, are especially toxic to cattle and sheep. Nitro compounds are also important from chemotaxonomic point of view. These nitro-toxins were detected in ۴ of ۸۲ species.

کلیدواژه ها:

Fabaceae ، Astragalus ، bifurcate hairs ، nitro compounds ، Poisonous plants ، Iran