Bracken fern (<i>Pteridium</i> spp.) carcinogenicity and human health—a brief review

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Bracken fern (Pteridium spp.), one of the most abundant plants on the planet, is well known to cause cancer naturally in sheep and cattle. It contains, in some locations, extremely high concentrations of ptaquiloside which almost certainly is its major carcinogen. Ptaquiloside is transferred through milk. There is epidemiological evidence that the bracken carcinogen, in special situations, may cause cancer in...

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