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Pyrrolizidine alkaloidosis can result in damage to the liver, kidneys, heart, brain, smooth muscles, lungs, DNA, lesions all over the body, and could be a potential cause of cancer. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] Pyrrolizidine alkaloidosis is known by many other names such as "Pictou Disease" in Canada [ 3 ] and "Winton Disease" in New Zealand. [ 4 ]
"abdominal pain, diarrhea, potentially carcinogenic, with others can potentiate cardiac glycosides and antiarrhythmic agents", [3] liver damage [3] St John's wort: Tipton's weed, Klamath weed Hypericum perforatum: Photosensitization, [3] [15] GI disturbances, "allergic reactions, fatigue, dizziness, confusion, dry mouth" [15] Valerian
Eating large amounts of the leaves may cause foreign body obstruction though this is uncommon. Extracts from holly leaves were lethal when injected into mice, though fruit extracts did not produce any symptoms of toxicity. [140] Besides their chemical content, the spiny leaves may also cause mechanical damage to the body. Iris sibirica
Spaghetti meat chicken has been shown to have less protein and more fat than unaffected poultry. Some studies have also found that affected chickens have a higher rate of "drip loss," meaning more ...
Locoweed (also crazyweed and loco) is a common name in North America for any plant that produces swainsonine, an alkaloid harmful to livestock.Worldwide, swainsonine is produced by a small number of species, most of them in three genera of the flowering plant family Fabaceae: Oxytropis and Astragalus in North America, [1] and Swainsona in Australia.
Washington is home to over 140 noxious weeds that can be toxic to humans and damage habitats and wildlife. Noxious weeds are defined as “invasive, non-native plants that threaten agricultural ...
Persin is an oil-soluble compound structurally similar to a fatty acid, a colourless oil, and it leaches into the body of the fruit from the seeds. The relatively low concentrations of persin in the ripe pulp of the avocado fruit is generally considered harmless to humans. Negative effects in humans are primarily in allergic individuals. When ...
Cats are even more sensitive to allium toxin than dogs and are so sensitive that even 5 grams per kilogram of body weight will cause severe ... more toxic than milk chocolates, but a lot of ...