• Cytotoxic saponins and other natural products from flowering tops of Narthecium ossifragum L 

      Carpinteyro Diaz, Andrea Estefania; Herfindal, Lars; Rathe, Bendik Auran; Sletta, Kristine; Vedeler, Anni; Haavik, Svein; Fossen, Torgils (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2019)
      For more than four centuries, the intake of Narthecium ossifragum has been associated with poisoning in domesticated animals. Saponins occurring in flowering tops of the plant are considered to cause kidney damage in calves. ...
    • Natural Products from Leaves of the Ancient Iranian Medicinal Plant Echium amoenum Fisch. & C. A. Mey. 

      Jamnani, Mehdi Jafari; Holmelid, Bjarte; Vedeler, Anni; Parsian, Hoda H.; Andersen, Heidi Lie; Fossen, Torgils (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2023-01-02)
      For several millennia, leaves of Echium amoenum Fisch. & C. A. Mey., an important Iranian medicinal plant with nutritional value as nutraceutical, have been used as tea for the treatment of several conditions, including ...