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MEDIAN lethal doses of the plant pyrrolizidine alkaloids, heliotrine and lasiocarpine, have been determined by Bull et al.1. Deaths occurred from hepatotoxic effects except in some female rats given heliotrine.
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GALLAGHER, C., KOCH, J. Action of Pyrrolizidine Alkaloids on the Neuro-Muscular Junction. Nature 183, 1124–1125 (1959). https://doi.org/10.1038/1831124a0
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