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Preferred term

Monocrotaline  

Type

  • mesh:Descriptor

Definition

  • A pyrrolizidine alkaloid and a toxic plant constituent that poisons livestock and humans through the ingestion of contaminated grains and other foods. The alkaloid causes pulmonary artery hypertension, right ventricular hypertrophy, and pathological changes in the pulmonary vasculature. Significant attenuation of the cardiopulmonary changes are noted after oral magnesium treatment.

Broader concept

Entry terms

  • 20-Norcrotalanan-11,15-dione, 14,19-dihydro-12,13-dihydroxy-, (13alpha,14alpha)-
  • 315-22-0 (Monocrotaline)
  • 73077K8HYV
  • 83114-75-4 ((all-xi)-isomer)
  • 901-82-6 (HCl(13alpha,14alpha)-isomer)

In other languages

  • French

  • 20-Norcrotalanan-11,15-dione, 14,19-dihydro-12,13-dihydroxy-, (13alpha,14alpha)-
  • 315-22-0 (Monocrotaline)
  • 73077K8HYV
  • 83114-75-4 ((all-xi)-isomer)
  • 901-82-6 (HCl(13alpha,14alpha)-isomer)

URI

http://data.loterre.fr/ark:/67375/JVR-JL8TGKDQ-8

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