• DOI:10.1080/19440049.2010.547520
Corpus ID: 43662813

Pyrrolizidine alkaloids in food: a spectrum of potential health consequences

@article{Edgar2011PyrrolizidineAI,
  title={Pyrrolizidine alkaloids in food: a spectrum of potential health consequences},
  author={J. Edgar and S. Colegate and M. Boppr{\'e} and R. Molyneux},
  journal={Food Additives & Contaminants: Part A},
  year={2011},
  volume={28},
  pages={308 - 324}
}

• J. Edgar, S. Colegate, +1 author R. Molyneux
• Published 2011
• Medicine
• Food Additives & Contaminants: Part A

Contamination of grain with 1,2-dehydropyrrolizidine ester alkaloids (dehydroPAs) and their N-oxides is responsible for large incidents of acute and subacute food poisoning, with high morbidity and mortality, in Africa and in central and south Asia. Herbal medicines and teas containing dehydroPAs have also caused fatalities in both developed and developing countries. There is now increasing recognition that some staple and widely consumed foods are sometimes contaminated by dehydroPAs and their… Expand

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