Commonly consumed foods and beverages can contain chemicals with reported
carcinogenic activity in rodent models. Moreover, exposures to some of these substances …

Bracken (Pteridium aquilinum) is a widely distributed carcinogenic fern, to whose toxins
human populations are exposed through multiple routes. Animals are also affected by …

Background In humans, muscle-invasive bladder cancer (MIBC) is highly aggressive and
associated with a poor prognosis. With a high mutation load and large number of altered …

Ptaquiloside, a naturally occurring cancer-causing substance in bracken fern, has been
detected in the meat and milk of cows fed a diet containing bracken fern. A rapid and …

Bracken fern (Pteridium aquilinum) is a worldwide plant containing toxic substances, which
represent an important chemical hazard for animals, including humans. Ptaquiloside, 1, a …

Ptaquiloside (PTA) is an illudane glycoside partly responsible for the carcinogenicity of
bracken ferns (Pteridium sp.). The PTA analogues ptesculentoside (PTE) and caudatoside …

Ptaquiloside (PTA) is a toxin from bracken fern (Pteridium sp.) with genotoxic effects.
Hydrolysis of PTA leads to the non-toxic and aromatised indanone, pterosin B (PTB). Here …

Bracken ferns are some of the most widespread ferns in the World causing immense
problems for land managers, foresters and rangers. Bracken is suspected of causing cancer …

Ptaquiloside is a natural toxin present in bracken ferns (Pteridium sp.). Cattle ingesting
bracken may develop bladder tumours and excrete genotoxins in meat and milk. However …

Previous studies related to the ptaquiloside molecule, a carcinogenic secondary metabolite
known from the world of ferns, are summarised. Ptaquiloside (PTA) belongs to the group of …