Loss of pyrrolizidine alkaloids on decomposition of ragwort (senecio jacobaea) as measured by LC-TOF-MS

Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry

Volumn 57, Issue 9, 2009, Pages 3669-3673

  Crews, Colin ^a   Driffield, Malcolm ^a   Berthiller, Franz ^b   Krska, Rudolf ^b  

^a CENTRAL SCIENCE LABORATORY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NATURAL RESOURCES AND LIFE SCIENCES   (Austria)

Author keywords

LC TOF MS; Pyrrolizidine alkaloids; Ragwort; Senecio jacobaea; Time of flight

Indexed keywords

PYRROLIZIDINE ALKALOID;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CATTLE; CATTLE DISEASE; CHEMICALLY INDUCED DISORDER; CHEMISTRY; LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; MASS SPECTROMETRY; SENECIO; TIME; UNITED KINGDOM;

ANIMALS; CATTLE; CATTLE DISEASES; CHROMATOGRAPHY, LIQUID; GREAT BRITAIN; MASS SPECTROMETRY; PYRROLIZIDINE ALKALOIDS; SENECIO; TIME FACTORS;

ANIMALIA; SENECIO; SENECIO JACOBAEA;

EID: 66149108470     PISSN: 00218561     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/jf900226c     Document Type: Article

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