Experiment 1099711

Details

PropertyValue
Pharmacology
Administration routeIN RATION
OrganismSenecio jacobaea (ASTERACEAE)
CitationSWICK,RA: CHEEKE,PR: PATTON,NM: BUHLER,DR:. (1982). ABSORPTION AND EXCRETION OF PYRROLIZIDINE (SENECIO) ALKALOIDS AND THEIR EFFECTS ON MINERAL METABOLISM IN RABBITS.. 55()
Amount utilized
Compound isolated
DiseaseFEEDING STUDY FOR 35 DAYS. EXTERNAL TOXICITY SIGNS AND GROSS LESIONS WERE NOT SEEN. SMALLER LIVERS WERE SEEN IN IN THE TREATED GROUP(AS A PERCENTAGE OF BODY WEIGHT), KIDNEY WEIGHTS REMAINED UNCHANGED AND SPLEEN WEIGHTS WERE INCREASED. 1.8% OF THE INGESTED PYRROLIZIDINE ALKALOIDS WERE EXCRETED IN THE FECES(39.9% AS N-OXIDES) AND 26.8% WERE EXCRETED IN THE URINE (13.3% AS N-OXIDES). OTHER DATA SUCH AS THE CONCENTRATION OF COPPER, ZINC, IRON, CALCIUM, PHOSPHORUS AND MAGNESIUM IN THE LIVER, PLASMA AND TIBIA, ARE PRESENTED.
Dose amount5.0 % OF DIET
Number1
Qualitative result.
AnimalRABBIT
Dose expressionCONC USED
ExtractPLANT