seneciphylline

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noun

An alkaloid found in ragwort (Jacobaea vulgaris, syn. Senecio jacobaea).

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Meanings

nounseneciphylline (uncountable)
  1. uncountablechemistryAn alkaloid found in ragwort (Jacobaea vulgaris, syn. Senecio jacobaea).

    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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