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pyrrolizidine

pyrrolizidine

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pyrrolizidine (plural pyrrolizidines)

  1. (organic chemistry) Any of a class of alkaloids, found in many plants, that are hepatotoxic.
    • 2010, Eric David Morgan, Biosynthesis in Insects, page 320:
      Generally the pyrrolizidine alkaloids exist in plants as N-oxides, as shown for monocrotaline and seneciphylline.

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