
%0 Journal Article
%A Williams, MC 
%T Toxicological investigations on <I>Astragalus hamosus</I> and <I>Astragalus sesameus</I>
%J Australian Journal of Experimental Agriculture
%D 1980/04/01
%V 20
%N 103
%P 162-165
%K 
%R https://doi.org/10.1071/EA9800162
%U https://www.publish.csiro.au/paper/EA9800162 
%X Astragalus hamosus L. and Astragalus sesameus L. were examined for the presence and type of aliphatic nitro compounds and for their toxicity to 1 -week-old chicks. A. hamosus leaves assayed 10 to 11 mg of NO2 g-1 in compounds that yielded 3-nitropropionic acid upon hydrolysis. Water extracts of A. hamosus leaves were toxic to chicks at the equivalent of 3 g of dried plant per chick, and lethal at 6 to 8 g. A. sesameus did not contain nitro compounds and was non-toxic to chicks. 
