Flowering Dogwood – Cornus florida

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Iridin is an isoflavone, a type of flavonoid. It is the 7-glucoside of irigenin and can be isolated from several species of irises like orris root, Iris florentina[2] or Iris versicolor, also commonly known as the larger blue flag. It can also be found in Iris kemaonensis.[3][4]

The compound is toxic and these plants have been mentioned as causing poisoning in humans and animals.[5]

References

  1. ^ Iridin on chestofbooks.com
  2. ^ Iridin on drugs.com
  3. ^ Agarwal, V.K.; Thappa, R.K.; Agarwal, S.G.; Mehraa, M.S.; Dhar, K.L. (1984). "Isoflavones of two Iris species". Phytochemistry. 23 (11): 2703–2704. Bibcode:1984PChem..23.2703A. doi:10.1016/S0031-9422(00)84141-2.
  4. ^ J. B. Harborne The Flavonoids: Advances in Research since 1980, p. 133, at Google Books
  5. ^ Yellow Iris on cbif.gc.ca Archived 2011-06-10 at the Wayback Machine
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