heliotrine/senecio

A mixed culture of ovine ruminal microbes metabolizes the macrocyclic pyrrolizidine alkaloids present in the plant Senecio jacobaea, including jacobine and seneciphylline. Previous attempts to identify metabolites of these alkaloids have not been successful. The objective of this study was to

In choice experiments with artificial leaves, we tested related pyrrolizidine alkaloids (PAs) for their stimulatory effects on the oviposition of the cinnabar moth, a specialist on the PA-containing plant Senecio jacobaea. The PAs from S. jacobaea that we tested stimulated oviposition. Monocrotaline

A reverse-phase high-performance liquid chromatography method utilizing evaporative light scattering detection (ELSD) has been developed for the simultaneous detection of hepatotoxic pyrrolizidine alkaloids with and without chromophores, namely, riddelliine, riddelliine N-oxide, senecionine,

A gas-chromatographical method is described on which seven pyrrolizidine alkaloids (Fuchsisenecionine, Senecionine, Senecivernine, Senkirkine, Retrorsine, O (7)-Angelylheliotridine and Heliotrine) are determinated in a qualitative way and their ratio of concentration in Senecio fuchsii, vernalis,