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Pyrrolizidine alkaloids in and on the leaf surface of Senecio jacobaea L.
Phytochemistry - 1 Dec 2003
Vrieling Klaas, Derridj Sylvie
Abstract excerpt
This is the first study showing that alkaloids are present on the leaf surface of plants. A concentration of 30-230 pmol/cm2 pyrrolizidine alkaloids (PA's) was detected in 8 different samples taken from Senecio jacobaea. PA concentration on the leaves was marginally correlated with PA concentrati...
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