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THE bracken plant (Pteridium aquilinum) is known to contain radiomimetic activity. Ingestion by cattle of the whole plant, or of extracts, produces a syndrome in which there is panmyeloid bone-marrow damage, pyrexia, and often gut-lining damage and ulceration1; also typical are the widespread petechial haemorrhages2.
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EVANS, I., MASON, J. Carcinogenic Activity of Bracken. Nature 208, 913–914 (1965). https://doi.org/10.1038/208913a0
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