Qualitative Determination of the Pyrrolizidine Alkaloids in Different Traditional Medicinal Plants
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Pyrolizidine alkaloids are toxic for human and livestock. Various reports have been investigated the PA’s intoxication in human as well as animals. Plants containing hepatotoxic PAs are present in most parts of the world and often cause poisoning in cattles and also in human. Several traditional popular medicines of India have been reported for successful treatment of various diseases. Among these medicines some were found to have Pyrrolizidine alkaloids which showed long term toxicity effect in human. The other source of Pyrrolizidine alkaloids exposure is consumption of grains contaminated with toxic PAs containing plants by human and grazing livestock which enter food chain and cause intoxication. In the present study some reported PAs containing medicinal plant parts were collected and analysed for presence of Pyrrolizidine alkaloids qualitatively and compared for the quantity with each other.
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