AIMC Topic: Pyrrolizidine Alkaloids

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Enhancing pyrrolizidine alkaloid separation and detection: LC-MS/MS method development and integration of ion mobility spectrometry into the LC-HRMS workflow.

Journal of chromatography. A
Pyrrolizidine alkaloids (PAs) are plant toxins occurring in different foodstuffs, including teas, herbal infusions and species. Additionally, PAs may be transferred to honey and pollen when honeybees come into contact with contaminated plants. Due to...

Editor's Highlight: Identification of Any Structure-Specific Hepatotoxic Potential of Different Pyrrolizidine Alkaloids Using Random Forests and Artificial Neural Networks.

Toxicological sciences : an official journal of the Society of Toxicology
Pyrrolizidine alkaloids (PAs) are characteristic metabolites of some plant families and form a powerful defense mechanism against herbivores. More than 600 different PAs are known. PAs are ester alkaloids composed of a necine base and a necic acid, w...