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Pyrrolizidine alkaloids

Term · Environment · MLC-T-ENV-022840

A group of alkaloids, characterized by a nitrogen-containing necine, occurring mainly in plants of the Boraginaceae; Compositae; and Leguminosae plant families. They can be activated in the liver by hydrolysis of the ester and desaturation of the necine base to reactive electrophilic pyrrolic cytotoxins.

Table 1. Record
IdentifierMLC-T-ENV-022840
FieldEnvironment
SubjectChemical substances
ReferencesNLM Medical Subject Headings (MeSH)
Record as JSON 
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  "definition": "A group of alkaloids, characterized by a nitrogen-containing necine, occurring mainly in plants of the Boraginaceae; Compositae; and Leguminosae plant families. They can be activated in the liver by hydrolysis of the ester and desaturation of the necine base to reactive electrophilic pyrrolic cytotoxins.",
  "subject": "Chemical substances",
  "references": [
    "NLM Medical Subject Headings (MeSH)"
  ],
  "url": "https://mlchart.com/terminology/environment/pyrrolizidine-alkaloids/"
}

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