Pyrrolizidine alkaloids in Crotalaria taxa from Northern Australia: Risk to grazing livestock

Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry

Volumn 57, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 311-319

  Fletcher, Mary T ^a   McKenzie, Ross A ^a   Blaney, Barry J ^a   Reichmann, Keith G ^a  

^a DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE AND FISHERIES   (Australia)

Author keywords

Crotalaria; Gas chromatography mass spectrometry, GC MS; Pyrrolizidine alkaloids

Indexed keywords

CROTALARIA; CROTALARIA GOREENSIS; CROTALARIA MEDICAGINEA; CROTALARIA RAMOSISSIMA; CROTALARIA RETUSA; CROTALARIA SPECTABILIS; RETUSA;

PYRROLIZIDINE ALKALOID;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CATTLE; CATTLE DISEASE; CHEMICALLY INDUCED DISORDER; CHEMISTRY; CROTALARIA; DIET; LIVER DISEASE; MASS FRAGMENTOGRAPHY; RISK FACTOR; SPECIES DIFFERENCE;

ANIMALS; AUSTRALIA; CATTLE; CATTLE DISEASES; CROTALARIA; DIET; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY-MASS SPECTROMETRY; LIVER DISEASES; PYRROLIZIDINE ALKALOIDS; RISK FACTORS; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

EID: 59849098852     PISSN: 00218561     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/jf8026099     Document Type: Article

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