Toxicodendron vernicifluum

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Related to Toxicodendron vernicifluum: Rhus verniciflua

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Toxicodendron vernicifluum - small Asiatic tree yielding a toxic exudate from which lacquer is obtained

Chinese lacquer tree, Japanese lacquer tree, Japanese sumac, Japanese varnish tree, lacquer tree, Rhus verniciflua, varnish tree

genus Toxicodendron, Toxicodendron - in some classifications: comprising those members of the genus Rhus having foliage that is poisonous to the touch; of North America and northern South America

poisonous plant - a plant that when touched or ingested in sufficient quantity can be harmful or fatal to an organism

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The first variety is Toxicodendron vernicifluum, which grows in the regions of China, Japan, and Korea with the main component of "urushiol." Second, Toxicodendron succedanea, which grows in Vietnam and Chinese Taiwan, has "laccol" as its main component.

Synthesizing Radiation-Hard Polymer and Copolymers Using Laccol Monomers Extracted From Lacquer Tree Toxicodendron succedanea via Cationic Polymerization

verniciflua Stoke (AY510151.1, GenBank) ("Toxicodendron vernicifluum internal transcribed spacer 1, 5.8S ribosomal RNA gene, and internal transcribed spacer 2, complete sequence," 2004) (Figure 1(c)).

Antiemetic and Myeloprotective Effects of Rhus verniciflua Stoke in a Cisplatin-Induced Rat Model

Butein is a potential phytochemical first isolated from Toxicodendron vernicifluum formerly known as Rhus verniciflua.