Preferred Name

Pyrrolizidine Alkaloids [Chemical/Ingredient]
Synonyms

Pyrrolizidine Alkaloids

ID

http://purl.bioontology.org/ontology/NDFRT/N0000166982

altLabel

Pyrrolizidine Alkaloids

cui

C0034335

MESH 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.

MESH DUI

D011763

MeSH name

Pyrrolizidine Alkaloids

MESH UI

M0018283

NDFRT kind

INGREDIENT_KIND

notation

N0000166982

NUI

N0000166982

prefLabel

Pyrrolizidine Alkaloids [Chemical/Ingredient]

tui

T109

T131

T123

subClassOf

http://purl.bioontology.org/ontology/NDFRT/N0000007503

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