pyrrolizidine

English

Noun

pyrrolizidine (plural pyrrolizidines)

1. (organic chemistry) Any of a class of alkaloids, found in many plants, that are hepatotoxic.
   • 2010, Eric David Morgan, Biosynthesis in Insects‎^[1], page 320:

     Generally the pyrrolizidine alkaloids exist in plants as N-oxides, as shown for monocrotaline and seneciphylline.

Anagrams

• dipyrrolizine