In their natural habitat, insects may bioaccumulate toxins from plants for defence against
predators. When insects are accidently raised on feed that is contaminated with toxins from …

To investigate the potential transfer of pyrrolizidine alkaloids (PAs), laying hens were fed for
14 days with diets containing 0.5% of dried common ragwort, common groundsel, narrow …

The contamination of honey with hepatotoxic pyrrolizidine alkaloids (PAs) is an actual
concern for food safety. This study reports the first application of dispersive liquid–liquid …

Two analytical methods for the quantification of pyrrolizidine (PAs) and tropane alkaloids
(TAs) in honey bee‐collected pollen, teas and herbal infusions have been in‐house …

Mycotoxins and endocrine disruptors such as phytoestrogens can affect cattle health,
reproduction, and productivity. Most studies of mycotoxins in dairy feeds in Mexico and …

Pyrrolizidine alkaloids (PAs) are widely distributed plant toxins with species dependent
hepatotoxic, carcinogenic, genotoxic and pneumotoxic risks. In a recent European Food …

Chronic and acute dietary exposure to pyrrolizidine alkaloids (PA s) was estimated in the
European population via the consumption of plant‐derived foods. This resulted in highest …

Crassocephalum crepidioides is an African orphan crop that is used as a leafy vegetable
and medicinal plant. Although it is of high regional importance in Sub-Saharan Africa, the …

Pyrrolizidine alkaloids (PAs) are a type of natural phytotoxin that contaminate food and feed
and become an environmental health risk to humans and livestock. PAs exert toxicity that …

1, 2-Dehydropyrrolizidine alkaloids (PA) and PA-N-oxides (PANO) are phytotoxins, which
presumably occur in more than 6,000 plant species worldwide. Plants containing PA/PANO …