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. 2021 Sep 27;22(19):10419. doi: 10.3390/ijms221910419

Table 3.

Examples of medicinal plants containing variable PA compounds.

Plant (Family) Compounds of Pyrrolizidine Alkaloids (Selected)
Alkanna
(Boraginaceae)
7-Angeloylretronecine [57,58], 9-Angeloylretronecine [57], 7-Tigloylretronecine [57], 7-Senecioylretronecine [57], 7-Tigloylretronecine [57], 9-Senecioylretronecine [57], 7-Angeloyol-9-(hydroxypropenoyl) retronecine [57], 7-Tigloyl-9-(hydroxy propenoyl) retronecine [57], 7-Angeloyol-9-(2,3-dihydroxypropanoyl) retronecine [57], 7-Tigloyl-9-(2,3-dihydroxypropanoyl) retronecine [57], Triangularine [57,58], Triangularicine [57], Dihydroxytrian gularicine [57,58]
Anchusa
(Boraginaceae)
Anthamidin [57], Supinine [57,59], Intermedin [57,59], Lycopsamine [57,59], Currassavine [59]
Borago
(Boraginaceae)
Lycopsamine [60], Supinidine [60], Viridiflorate [60], Cynaustine [60], Amabaline [60,61], Thesinine [61,62]
Brachyglottis
(Asteraceae)
Senecionine [63,64], Retrorsine [63,64], Integerrimine, Senkirkine [63], Hectorine [63,64], Petasinine [63,64]
Cineraria
(Asteraceae)
Otosenine [65,66], Florosenine [65,66], Floridanine [65,66], Doronine [65], Senecionine [66,67], Integerrimine [66,67], Seneciphylline [66,67]
Crotalaria (Leguminosae) Tashiromine [68], Retronecine [68], Heliotridine [68], 9-Isosenecioylretronecine [68], 9-Angeloylretronecine [68], 7-Seneciolylretronecine [68], 9-Hydroxyheptanoylretronecine [68],
9-Hydroxyisohexenoylretronecine [68], Rinderine [68], 9-Hydroxytigloylretronecine [68], Monocrotaline [68], Dihydrosenecionine isomer [68]
Cynoglossum
(Boraginaceae)
Heliosupine [69], Rinderine [69], Echinatine [69], Viridiflorine [69]
Eupatorium
(Asteraceae)
Lindelofine [70], Supinine [70,71,72,73], Lycopsamine [73,74,75], Intermedin [73,74,75], Amabaline [71,76], Echinatine [71,76], Rinderine [71], Viridiflorine [71], Cynaustraline [71], Tussilagine [76]
Foeniculum vulgare (Apiaceae) PA compounds not individually specified [77]
Heliotropium
(Boraginaceae)
Trachelanthamine [78], Floridine [78], Heliovicine [78], Lycopsamine [79,80], Amabiline [79], Curassavine [79,81], Heliospathine [79], Intermedin [80], Europine [82,83,84,85], Liamin [82], Heliotrine [84,85,86], Lasiocarpine [84], Retronecine [80,87,88,89], Helibracteatine [87], Helifoline [88], Heliscabine [89], Heliosupine [86], Echinatine [86], Supinine [85], Heleurine [85], Coromandaline [81]
Lithospermum
(Boraginaceae)
Lithosenine [90], Lycopsamine [91], Canescine derivatives [91,92], Canescinine [91], Intermedine [91,93], Mysocorpine [93]
Petasites
(Asteraceae)
Senkirkine [94,95], Senecionine [94,96], Integerrimine [96], Petasitenine [95], Neopetasitenine [95]
Senecio
(Asteraceae)
Ridelline [97,98,99,100,101,102,103], Retrorsine [97,98,99,100,101,102,103], Seneciphylline [97,98,99,100,101,102,103], Senecionine [97,98,99,100,101,102,103], Senkirkine [97,98,99,102], Jacobine [104,105], Integerrimine [98,99,100,101,103], Spartiodine [98,99,100,103], Senecivernine [99,100,103,104,105], Platyphylline [97,98], Usaramine [97,99,103,104,105], Adinofoline [98,104], Florosenine [104], Erucifoline [104], Otosenine [104], Triangularine [106,107], 7-Angeloylheliotridine [108,109], Uspallatine [110], Rosmarinine [111,112],
Angularine [111,112], Hadiensiene [111], Ruwenine [113], Ruzorine [113], Doriasenine [114], Sceleratine [115]
Symphytum
(Boraginaceae)
Echimidine [116,117,118], Symphytine [116,117], Lasiocarpine [101], Intermedin [119], Lycopsamine [118,119]
Tussilago
(Asteraceae)
Senkirkine [120,121], Senecionine [121], Intergerrimine [121], Seneciphylline [121], Senecivernine [122]

The listed PAs include saturated PAs and 1,2-unsaturated PAs. Most of the data and references were obtained from the open access report of Kopp et al. [56], which provided additional references and details of interest.