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Pyrrolizidine Alkaloids – Natural Toxins Risk in Queensland Honey

open access: yes, 2017
Pyrrolizidine alkaloids are widely distributed natural toxins and their consumption has been connected with acute and chronic liver damage, and even death, in wildlife, livestock and humans.
Fletcher, M. T.   +8 more
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Asymmetric and enantiospecific syntheses of 1-hydroxymethyl pyrrolizidine alkaloids

open access: yes, 2014
Isoretronecanol and trachelantamidine (laburnine) are naturally occurring pyrrolizidine alkaloids which display potent biological activity, and as such these compounds have, in recent years, attracted significant interest from the bioorganic and ...
Stephen G. Davies   +3 more
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Use of herbal products for gas pain in children: a questionnaire-based study and alkaloid content analysis

open access: yesBMC Complementary Medicine and Therapies
Background Herbal products have been used for gas pains in children for many years. However, the quality of herbal products used in children and the presence of contamination in the products are controversial.
Semih Bulut   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

Pyrrolizidine alkaloids / published under the joint sponsorship of the United Nations Environment Programme, the International Labour Organisation, and the World Health Organization

open access: yes, 1988
345 p.Alerts the medical and public health professions to the severe risks of morbidity and mortality posed by human consumption of plants, including cereals and herbal medicines, containing pyrrolizidine alkaloids. Citing well over 500 published studies,
World Health Organization   +2 more
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Pyrrolizidine Alkaloids: Biosynthesis, Biological Activities and Occurrence in Crop Plants

open access: yesMolecules, 2019
Pyrrolizidine alkaloids (PAs) are heterocyclic secondary metabolites with a typical pyrrolizidine motif predominantly produced by plants as defense chemicals against herbivores.
Sebastian Schramm   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

Analysis of Pyrrolizidine Alkaloids and Evaluation of Some Biological Activities of Algerian (Asteraceae)

open access: yesNatural Product Communications, 2013
Although Senecio species are known as sources of potentially toxic pyrrolizidine alkaloids (PAs), some species of this genus are traditionally used as remedies, notably in Algeria.
Soukaina Tidjani   +6 more
doaj   +1 more source

Pyrrolizidine alkaloids in honey: determination with liquid chromatography-mass spectrometry method

open access: yesJournal of Veterinary Research, 2018
Pyrrolizidine alkaloids (PAs) are probably the most widespread toxins of natural origin. More than 6,000 plant species produce these toxic compounds. Bees can forage on flowers of plants producing PAs, which leads to contamination of honey with the toxic
Kowalczyk Ewelina, Kwiatek Krzysztof
doaj   +1 more source

Genotoxic Pyrrolizidine Alkaloid N-oxides-Mechanism Leading to DNA Adduct Formation and Tumorigenicity.

open access: yes, 2012
[[abstract]]Plants that contain pyrrolizidine alkaloids and pyrrolizidine alkaloid N-oxides are widely distributed in the world. These plants are probably the most common poisonous plants affecting livestock, wildlife, and humans.
Peter. P. Fu; Ming W. Chou; Qingsu Xia; Ya-Chen Yang; Jian Yan; Daniel R. Doerge; Po-Cheun Chan
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Improved Method for Isolation of Lycopsamine from Roots of Comfrey ()

open access: yesNatural Product Communications, 2012
An improved method for the isolation and purification of pyrrolizidine alkaloids from comfrey ( Symphytum officinale L.) roots was developed, introducing very fast, selective and ion residue-free reduction of N -oxides followed by ion-exchange ...
Damjan Janeš   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

Pyrrolizidine Alkaloids: the underestimated natural toxicants

open access: yesRevSALUS, 2022
Ana, Cláudia Ribeiro, Sandra Leal
doaj   +1 more source

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