A fact from Swainsonine appeared on Wikipedia's Main Page in the Did you know column on 18 May 2009 (check views). The text of the entry was as follows:
Did you know... that a promising anti-cancer drug, swainsonine, causes pea struck in Australia, locoismo in Argentina, and locoweed poisoning in North America?
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The following reference was appended to the end of the article, but it was not apparently used to support any specific content in the article. I'm moving it here in case anyone would like to use it to expand the article. -- Ed (Edgar181) 19:53, 4 March 2012 (UTC)[reply]
Browning S, Baker CA, Smith E, Mahal SP, Herva ME, Demczyk CA, Li J, Weissmann C, J Biol Chem.2011 Nov 25; 286(47):40962-73
