Alkaloids,Senecio

《英文msh詞典》Alkaloids,Senecio
[入口詞] Alkaloids,Senecio
[主題詞] Pyrrolizidine Alkaloids
[英文釋義] 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.