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Liliaceae - syn.Urginea maritima (L.) Baker; Scilla maritima L.; Urginea scilla Steinh.;
squill, sea squill, sea onion, Meerzwiebel
Perennial herb, native to southern Europe (Spain), the Mediterranean, and northern Africa; large bulb up to 15cm wide; leaves laethery, ark green, usualy 50cm long, coming up in sping and dying away in summer; inflorescence developing in autumn, reaching up to 150cm in height; petals white with green.
From thirty three compounds obtained from the bulbs of Urginea maritima, nine were cardiotonic bufadienolides (mainly scillaren A, scilliroside and proscillaridin A) and one a dihydro-benzofuran-type neolignan glucoside.
[Bufadienolides and a New Lignan from the Bulbs of Urginea maritima. Iizuka, Masaru, Tsutomu Warashina, and Tadataka Noro. Chemical and pharmaceutical bulletin Vol.49 (3), 2001, 282-286] https://www.jstage.jst.go.jp/article/cpb/49/3/49_3_282/_pdf