Pyrrolizidine alkaloids in medicinal plants from North America

Pharmazie

Volumn 70, Issue 6, 2015, Pages 357-367

  Roeder, E ^a   Wiedenfeld, H ^a   Edgar, J A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BONN   (Germany)

^b CSIRO   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PLANT MEDICINAL PRODUCT; PYRROLIZIDINE ALKALOID;

ASTERACEAE; BORAGINACEAE; BORAGO; CANADA; DRUG STRUCTURE; FABACEAE; LIVER INJURY; MEDICINAL PLANT; NONHUMAN; NORTH AMERICA; REVIEW; TRADITIONAL MEDICINE; UNITED STATES; ANIMAL; CHEMISTRY; HUMAN;

ANIMALS; HUMANS; NORTH AMERICA; PLANT PREPARATIONS; PLANTS, MEDICINAL; PYRROLIZIDINE ALKALOIDS;

EID: 84940783088     PISSN: 00317144     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1691/ph.2015.4873     Document Type: Review

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