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Chemical formula | C12H17NO8 |
Molar mass | 303.267 g·mol |
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Gynocardin is a chemical compound with the molecular formula C12H17NO8. It is classified as a cyanogenic glycoside.
It was first isolated from Gynocardia odorata, from which it gets it name, and characterized in 1905. It has since been found in a variety of other plants, including those in the genus Passiflora (passionflowers).
Gynocardin may contribute to the toxicity of plants that contain it because, like other cyanogenic glycosides, cyanide is formed upon its hydrolysis.
References
- Power, Frederick Belding; Lees, Frederic Herbert (1905). "XLII.—Gynocardin, a new cyanogenetic glucoside". J. Chem. Soc., Trans. 87: 349–357. doi:10.1039/CT9058700349.
- Coburn, Robert A.; Long, Louis (1966). "Gynocardin". The Journal of Organic Chemistry. 31 (12): 4312–4315. doi:10.1021/jo01350a550.
- ^ Spencer, Kevin; Seigler, David (1984). "Gynocardin from Passiflora". Planta Medica. 50 (4): 356–357. doi:10.1055/s-2007-969732. PMID 17340327.
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