Figure 19.
Pyrrolizidine alkaloids observed in Gynura bicolor. (A) G. bicolor plant. (B) G. bicolor leaves from the upper (green) and lower (ruby-colored) side. (B) Senecionine, seneciphylline and retrorsine were reported in G. bicolor in both, their free forms (shown above) and as N-oxides, while intergerrimine, spartiodine, and senkirkine were only found as free alkaloids.