MeSH definition : A group of ALKALOIDS, characterized by a nitrogen-containing necine, occurring mainly
in plants of the BORAGINACEAE; COMPOSITAE; and LEGUMINOSAE plant families. They can
be activated in the liver by hydrolysis of the ester and desaturation of the necine
base to reactive electrophilic pyrrolic CYTOTOXINS.;
A group of ALKALOIDS, characterized by a nitrogen-containing necine, occurring mainly
in plants of the BORAGINACEAE; COMPOSITAE; and LEGUMINOSAE plant families. They can
be activated in the liver by hydrolysis of the ester and desaturation of the necine
base to reactive electrophilic pyrrolic CYTOTOXINS.