An Outbreak of Hepatic Veno-Occlusive Disease in Western Afghanistan Associated with Exposure to Wheat Flour Contaminated with Pyrrolizidine Alkaloids

Table 5

PA content of four specimens of charmac plant matter collected from affected villages, Gulran District, Afghanistan, 2008.

	Plant Matter Sample (mg/g)
	Stems and; leafs	Stems and; leafs	Fresh roots	Seeds
Heliotrine	343	112	67	262
Lasiocarpine	459	252	81	698
(quantified  against; senecionine)
Jacobine	158	98	60	95
(quantified  against; senecionine-N-oxide)
TOTAL PA	960	462	208	1055