Marais, J.S.C.Du Toit, P.J.2017-04-032017-04-0320171944Marais, JSC 1944, 'Monofluoroacetic acid, the toxic principle of "gifblaar", Dichapetalum cymosum (Hook) Engl.’, Onderstepoort Journal of Veterinary Science and Animal Industry, vol. 20, no. 1, pp. 67-73.0330-2465http://hdl.handle.net/2263/59620The articles have been scanned in colour with a HP Scanjet 5590; 300dpi. Adobe Acrobat XI Pro was used to OCR the text and also for the merging and conversion to the final presentation PDF-format.The identity of the toxic substance of "Gifblaar", Dichapetalum cymosum, has been established to be monofluoroacetic acid. The potassium and calcium salts as well as the p-nitrobenzyl and p-bromophenacyl esters of monofluoroacetic acid have been described.en© 1944 ARC - Onderstepoort and Faculty of Veterinary Science, University of Pretoria (original). © 2017 University of Pretoria. Dept. of Library Services (digital).Veterinary medicineVeterinary medicine -- South AfricaArticle