Grayanotoxin
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Grayanotoxins are a group of closely related neurotoxins named after Leucothoe grayana, a plant native to Japan and named for 19th-century American botanist Asa Gray. Grayanotoxin I is also known as a
Rhododendron luteum
Rhododendron ponticum
Labrador tea
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Labrador tea is a common name for three closely related evergreen shrubs in the genus Rhododendron as well as a herbal tea traditionally made from their leaves. All three species belong to the heath f
Grayanotoxin
…contain the molecule, including the stem, leaves, flower, pollen and nectar. Grayanotoxins can also be found in secondary plant products, such as honey, labrador tea, cigarettes, and herbal medicines. Grayanotoxins are low molecular weight hydrophobic compounds. They are structurally characterized as polyhydroxylated…
Close-up of a Labrador tea flower, found in the alpine zone of northern New Hampshire
Ledum latifolium, an earlier name for Rhododendron groenlandicum