illudane

plural illudanes

1. A toxic spirocyclic sesquiterpenoids produced by various bracken ferns and by fungi of the phylum Basidiomycota.

   As previously reported illudanes are antibacterial, antifungal and antitumor agents but very toxic.

   1997, Virtual Activity, Real Pharmacology, page 187

   2 more examples

   Of major interest is the fact that ptaquiloside in ruminants is transported to the udder and from there to milk, containing as much as 8% of the illudane present in the feed.

   2009, Jorg D. Hardege, Chemical Ecology, page 236

   Most illudanes exhibit cytotoxic effects toward many tumor cell lines and some are regarded as having a high potential as anticancer drug lead compounds.

   2017, A. Douglas Kinghorn, Heinz Falk, Simon Gibbons, Progress in the Chemistry of Organic Natural Products, page 103