Hepatotoxic pyrrolizidine alkaloids in pollen and drying-related implications for commercial processing of bee pollen

Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry

Volumn 56, Issue 14, 2008, Pages 5662-5672

  Boppré, Michael ^b   Colegate, Steven M ^a   Edgar, John A ^a   Fischer, Ottmar W ^b  

^a CSIRO   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FREIBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Bee pollen; Echium; Eupatorium; Pollen; Pyrrolizidine alkaloid; Senecio

Indexed keywords

PYRROLIZIDINE ALKALOID;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BEE; CHEMICALLY INDUCED DISORDER; CHEMISTRY; DESICCATION; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; FOOD CONTAMINATION; FOOD HANDLING; LIVER DISEASE; METHODOLOGY; POLLEN;

ANIMALS; BEES; DESICCATION; DIETARY SUPPLEMENTS; FOOD CONTAMINATION; FOOD HANDLING; LIVER DISEASES; POLLEN; PYRROLIZIDINE ALKALOIDS;

APOIDEA; ECHIUM; ECHIUM PLANTAGINEUM; ECHIUM VULGARE; EUPATORIUM; EUPATORIUM CANNABINUM; SENECIO; SENECIO JACOBAEA; SENECIO OVATUS;

EID: 49049102516     PISSN: 00218561     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/jf800568u     Document Type: Article

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