Wistarin (wisteria)

Wistarin is a substance that Wilhelm Martin Ottow (1863-1916 ) isolated in 1886 from the bark of the Chinese wisteria ( Wisteria sinensis , wisteria ). It has been described as a crystallizable glycoside that is readily soluble in alcohol and poorly soluble in ether , chloroform, and cold water. The taste of this compound was described as bitter and tart and a melting point of 204 ° C was published.

Although this alleged pure substance, which is occasionally counted among the saponins , could never be assigned an exact structure, it is still partly held responsible in the more recent literature for the symptoms that occur when parts of the wisteria plants are accidentally consumed. Effects similar to tobacco or cytisine are described here.

Individual evidence

^ Wilhelm Martin Ottow: Onderzoekingen over den bast van Wistaria sinensis (Nutt) syn. Glycine sinensis (Curt), created in the Pharmaceutical Laboratory of the Rijks-Universiteit te Utrecht . In: Nieuw Tijdschrift voor de Pharmacie in Nederland . Vol. 19, 1886, ISSN 0169-4995 , p. 207-232 ( digitized version ).

^ W. Martindale: American Journal of Pharmacy , Volume 59, February 2, 1887, Botanical Medicine Monographs and Sundry (PDF; 60 kB), Note on Tincture of Strophanthus, Wistaria chinensis, p. 8.

↑ JR Kupper, DC Demuth: Poisonous plants for small and domestic animals: Recognize plant - name poison - correct therapy. Enke Verlag Stuttgart 2010, ISBN 978-3-8304-1034-8 ( limited preview in the Google book search), p. 151.

↑ Helga Urban, Marion Nickig: Beautiful, but dangerous. Books on Demand, Norderstedt 2009, ISBN 978-3-8370-3916-0 ( limited preview in Google book search), p. 163.

[1] Wilhelm Martin Ottow: Onderzoekingen over den bast van Wistaria sinensis (Nutt) syn. Glycine sinensis (Curt), created in the Pharmaceutical Laboratory of the Rijks-Universiteit te Utrecht . In: Nieuw Tijdschrift voor de Pharmacie in Nederland . Vol. 19, 1886, ISSN 0169-4995 , p. 207-232 ( digitized version ).

[2] W. Martindale: American Journal of Pharmacy , Volume 59, February 2, 1887, Botanical Medicine Monographs and Sundry (PDF; 60 kB), Note on Tincture of Strophanthus, Wistaria chinensis, p. 8.

[3] JR Kupper, DC Demuth: Poisonous plants for small and domestic animals: Recognize plant - name poison - correct therapy. Enke Verlag Stuttgart 2010, ISBN 978-3-8304-1034-8 ( limited preview in the Google book search), p. 151.

[4] Helga Urban, Marion Nickig: Beautiful, but dangerous. Books on Demand, Norderstedt 2009, ISBN 978-3-8370-3916-0 ( limited preview in Google book search), p. 163.