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alkaloids, n alkaline phytochemicals that contain nitrogen in a heterocyclic ring structure. They can have powerful pharmacological effects and are more often used in traditional medicine than in herbal treatments. |
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The moths pick up alkaloids from several wild legumes in the
Crotalaria genus. Poppy seeds contain test-detectable levels
of alkaloids such as morphine and codeine. , copper, pyrrolizidine alkaloids,
carbon tetrachloride, and phytotoxins) usually produce a periacinar zone
2-3 injury due to the low oxygen gradient (hypoxia) and high
concentrations of, for example, cytochrome P450 isozymes (activation of
reactive metabolites) of this zone (Kelly 1993; MacLachlan and Cullen
1995; Parkinson 1996). |
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