Development of a Selective Adsorbing Material for Binding of Pyrrolizidine Alkaloids in Herbal Extracts, Based on Molecular Group Imprinting

• Published in: Planta medica Vol. 85; no. 13; p. 1107
• Main Authors: Kopp, Thomas, Abdel-Tawab, Mona, Khoeiklang, Martin, Mizaikoff, Boris
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Germany 01.09.2019
• Subjects: Adsorption; Benzophenanthridines - isolation & purification; Berberine - analogs & derivatives; Berberine - isolation & purification; Chelidonium - chemistry; Echium - chemistry; Molecular Imprinting - methods; Plant Extracts - isolation & purification; Pyrrolizidine Alkaloids - isolation & purification

Pyrrolizidine alkaloids are secondary plant constituents that became a subject of public concern because of their hepatotoxic, pneumotoxic, genotoxic, and cytotoxic effects. Due to disregardful harvesting and/or contamination with pyrrolizidine alkaloid-containing plants, there is a high risk of ing...