1977/02/04 by M. L. Deinzer, P. A. Thomson, D. M. Burgett +1 · 2 citations
Agricultural and Biological Sciences · Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology · #Biology #Botanical Research and Chemistry #Botany #Pesticide Exposure and Toxicity #Plant Toxicity and Pharmacological Properties #Pyrrolizidine #Senecio
paper · doi:10.1126/science.835011
openalex publication_date 1977/02/04 · openalex created_date 2016/06/24 · openalex updated_date 2026/07/23
The hepatotoxic alkaloids known to occur in tansy ragwort (Senecio jacobaea L.) are also present in honey produced from the nectar of this species. These alkaloids, which inclued senecionine, seneciphylline, jacoline, jaconine, jacobine, and jacozine, are potentially carcinogenic, mutagenic, and teratogenic and may pose health hazards to the human consumer.