pyrrolizidine

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UK/pɪɹəʊˈlɪzəˌdiːn/UK/pɪɹəʊˈlɪzəˌdaɪn/

noun

Any of a class of alkaloids, found in many plants, that are hepatotoxic.

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Meanings

nounpyrrolizidine (plural pyrrolizidines)

plural pyrrolizidines

  1. chemistryAny of a class of alkaloids, found in many plants, that are hepatotoxic.

    Generally the pyrrolizidine alkaloids exist in plants as N-oxides, as shown for monocrotaline and seneciphylline.

    2010, Eric David Morgan, Biosynthesis in Insects, page 320

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dipyrrolizine
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