Abstract:
The hepatotoxic alkaloids known to occur in tansy ragwort (Senecio jacobaea
L.) are also present in honey produced from the nectar of this species. These
alkaloids, which include senecionine, seneciphvlline, jacoline, jaconine, jacobine,
and jacozine, are potentially carcinogenic, mutagenic and teratogenic and may
pose health hazards to the human consumer.
