tremetol

(trem'e-tol?, -tol?)

A poisonous unsaturated alcohol that is found in white snakeroot, rayless goldenrod, and other plants and, when ingested, causes trembles in animals and milk sickness in humans.

See: milk sickness; trembles

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White snakeroot contains a toxic oil, tremetol, that can be passed from cows to humans as a constituent of the milk fat.

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The fat soluble alcohol, tremetol and tremetone, cause poisoning.

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