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Biomarkers for ragwort poisoning in horses: identification of protein targets
BACKGROUND: Ingestion of the poisonous weed ragwort (Senecio jacobea) by horses leads to irreversible liver damage. The principal toxins of ragwort are the pyrrolizidine alkaloids that are rapidly metabolised to highly reactive and cytotoxic pyrroles, which can escape into the circulation and bind t...
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BioMed Central
2008
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2527303/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/18691403 http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1746-6148-4-30 |