Underground tubers of bitter yams (Dioscorea bulbifera L. commonly known as var. rotunda), which are eaten after complex processing by Australian aborigines, were analyzed for acute toxicity and for the toxic alkaloid dioscorine. Results demonstrated that these tubers were not toxic, so they were extracted and the extracts were analyzed by thin-layer chromatography in order to determine the cause
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