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pyrrolizidine
pyrrolizidine
English
Noun
pyrrolizidine
(
plural
pyrrolizidines
)
(
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.
Anagrams
dipyrrolizine
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