Pyrrolizidine alkaloids in Senecio madagascariensis from Australia and Hawaii and assessment of possible livestock poisoning

Biochemical Systematics and Ecology

Volumn 34, Issue 10, 2006, Pages 736-744

  Gardner, Dale R ^a   Thorne, Mark S ^b   Molyneux, Russell J ^c   Pfister, James A ^a   Seawright, Alan A ^d  

^a AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

^b University of Hawaii Cooperative Extension Service   (United States)

^c WESTERN REGIONAL RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

Australia; Hawaii; Hepatotoxicity; Livestock poisoning; Pyrrolizidine alkaloids; Senecio madagascariensis

Indexed keywords

ALKALOID; GRAZING; LIVESTOCK; POISONING; WEED;

AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA; HAWAIIAN ISLANDS; NEW SOUTH WALES; PACIFIC ISLANDS; PACIFIC OCEAN;

SENECIO; SENECIO MADAGASCARIENSIS;

EID: 33746288324     PISSN: 03051978     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bse.2006.05.010     Document Type: Article

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