Directly toxic effects of plant chemical
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Alan A. Seawright
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Article
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1995
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John Wiley and Sons
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English
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Pyrrolizidine alkaloids are among the most significant plant chemicals causing disease in animals and humans. After absorption from the gut, the compounds are converted to electrophilic pyrroles in the liver which, apart from causing damage to this organ, may escape to cause injury to extraheptic ti