GC/MS identification of toxic pyrrolizidine alkaloids in traditional remedies given to two sets of twins

Annals of Clinical Biochemistry

Volumn 42, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 141-144

  Conradie, Johan ^a   Stewart, Michael J ^a   Steenkamp, Vanessa ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND MEDICAL SCHOOL   (South Africa)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PRETORIA   (South Africa)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PYRROLIZIDINE ALKALOID;

AFRICA; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; FEMALE; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; HERBAL MEDICINE; HUMAN; INFANT; LIVER INJURY; LIVER TOXICITY; LIVER VENOOCCLUSIVE DISEASE; MALE; MASS SPECTROMETRY; NEWBORN MORTALITY; PERINATAL MORTALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TRADITIONAL MEDICINE; TWINS;

DISEASES IN TWINS; FATAL OUTCOME; FEMALE; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY-MASS SPECTROMETRY; HEPATIC VENO-OCCLUSIVE DISEASE; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; MEDICINE, AFRICAN TRADITIONAL; POISONING; PYRROLIZIDINE ALKALOIDS;

EID: 17144431819     PISSN: 00045632     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1258/0004563053492847     Document Type: Article

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