Experiment 1210541
Details
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Pharmacology | |
| Administration route | ORAL |
| Organism | Heliotropium europaeum (BORAGINACEAE) |
| Citation | SEAMAN,JT:. (1987). PYRROLIZIDINE ALKALOID POISONING OF SHEEP IN NEW SOUTH WALES.. 64(6) |
| Amount utilized | |
| Compound isolated | |
| Disease | SAID TO BE A CAUSE OF PYRROLIZIDINE ALKALOID TOXICITY IN SHEEP. NECROPSY REPORTS INDICATE SHRUNKEN, FIBROTIC LIVERS AND INCREASED FLUID IN BODY CAVITITIES. LIVERS SHOW CHRONIC ATROPIC HEPATOPHY, CELL LOSS AND BILE DUCTULE HYPERPLASIA. LIPID ACCUMULATION AND OTHER DEGENERATIVE CHANGES WERE ALSO NOTED. SHEEP SHOWED WEIGHT LOSS AND EMACIATION. DEATH OCCURRED OVER SEVERAL WEEKS. ALKALOID POISONING MAY PREDISPOSE SHEEP TO HEPATOGENOUS CHRONIC COPPER TOXICITY. |
| Number | 1 |
| Qualitative result | ACTIVE |
| Animal | SHEEP |
| Dose expression | DOSE |
| Extract | PLANT |