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Indigofera tinctoria [2], also called true indigo, is a species of plant from the bean family that was one of the original sources of indigo dye. Description.
Indigo is a natural dye extracted from the leaves of some plants of the Indigofera genus, in particular Indigofera tinctoria. Dye-bearing Indigofera plants were commonly grown and used throughout the world, particularly in Asia, with the production of indigo dyestuff economically important due to the historical rarity of other blue dyestuffs. [1]
Kidney toxicity [5] associated with kidney failure; associated with development of cancer, particularly of the urinary tract, known carcinogen [8] [9] Atractylate Atractylis gummifera: Liver damage, [3] nausea, vomiting, epigastric and abdominal pain, diarrhoea, anxiety, headache and convulsions, often followed by coma [10]
Traditional natural dyeing (Korean blue – Persicaria tinctoria) Blue colorants around the world were derived from indigo dye-bearing plants, primarily those in the genus Indigofera, which are native to the tropics. The primary commercial indigo species in Asia was true indigo (Indigofera tinctoria).
Indospicine is an amino acid not found in proteins, which occurs in Indigofera species. The chemical resembles arginine. It is toxic to mammals and causes liver damage and abortion. Dogs are particularly sensitive to the toxic effect and can sicken or die after eating a grazing animal that has eaten Indigofera. [1] [2]
Indigofera linnaei is a spreading, usually prostrate woody herb, 15–50 cm high with a long taproot, [8] which forms a flat mat up to 1.5 m across, and up to 45 cm high. [6] The compound leaves are up to 3 cm long, with (generally) 7 or 9 obovate, alternate leaflets which have a mucronate apex and are about 8–15 mm long and 2–5 mm wide ...
The Forest Service told NPR that this year, it phased out the use of one type of Phos-Chek formula - Phos-Chek LC95 - in favour of another - MVP-Fx - saying that the latter is less toxic to wildlife.
An elderly Bengali man in Dhaka with a beard dyed in henna. Henna is a reddish dye prepared from the dried and powdered leaves of the henna tree. [1] It has been used since at least the ancient Egyptian period as a hair and body dye, notably in the temporary body art of mehndi (or "henna tattoo") resulting from the staining of the skin using dyes from the henna plant.