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Vicine is an alkaloid glycoside found in fava beans. Vicine is toxic causing the disease favism in individuals who have a hereditary loss of the enzyme glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase. Divicine is the name of the aglycone of vicine. Fava beans also contain the related 6-hydroxy- alkaloid glycoside covicine whose aglycone is isouramil.

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IUPAC name
(26-diamino-5-[(2S3R4S5S6R)- 345-trihydroxy-6-(hydroxymethyl)- 2-tetrahydropyranyl]oxy]-1H- pyrimidin-4-one)

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