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ReviewJournal of applied toxicology : JAT2010

Genotoxicity of pyrrolizidine alkaloids.

Tao Chen, Nan Mei, Peter P Fu

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Review in Journal of applied toxicology : JAT, 2010. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 65 papers.

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65citing papers in PubMed
4.1field-weighted citation impact, top 5% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

65 citing papers in PubMed, 218 citations in OpenAlex.

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  16. A perspective review on factors that influence mutagenicity in medicinal plants and their health implications.Toxicological sciences : an official journal of the Society of Toxicology · 2025
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

3 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Tao ChenNational Center for Toxicological Research, US Food and Drug Administration, Jefferson, AR 72079, USA. tao.chen@fda.hhs.gov
Nan Mei
Peter P Fu
National Center for Toxicological Research · US

Funding

Intramural FDA HHS FD999999
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Pyrrolizidine alkaloids (PAs) are common constituents of many plant species around the world. PA-containing plants are probably the most common poisonous plants affecting livestock and wildlife. They can inflict harm to humans through contaminated food sources, herbal medicines and dietary supplements. Half of the identified PAs are genotoxic and many of them are tumorigenic. The mutagenicity of PAs has been extensively studied in different biological systems. Upon metabolic activation, PAs produce DNA adducts, DNA cross-linking, DNA breaks, sister chromatid exchange, micronuclei, chromosomal aberrations, gene mutations and chromosome mutations in vivo and in vitro. PAs induced mutations in the cII gene of rat liver and in the p53 and K-ras genes of mouse liver tumors. It has been suggested that all PAs produce a set of (+/-)-6,7-dihydro-7-hydroxy-1-hydroxymethyl-5H-pyrrolizine-derived DNA adducts and similar types of gene mutations. The signature types of mutations are G : C --> T : A transversion and tandem base substitutions. Overall, PAs are mutagenic in vivo and in vitro and their mutagenicity appears to be responsible for the carcinogenesis of PAs.

Indexed as

AnimalsCarcinogens, EnvironmentalChemical and Drug Induced Liver InjuryChromosome AberrationsDNA DamageHumansMutagensMutationPlants, ToxicPyrrolizidine AlkaloidsCarcinogens, EnvironmentalMutagensPyrrolizidine Alkaloids

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PMID20112250
PMCPMC6376482
OpenAlexW2027305291

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