Abstract
A SHRUB endemic to New Zealand, Brachyglottis repanda, J. E. et G. Forst. (family Compositae, Maori name “Rangiora”1), has been suspected of poisoning farm animals, particularly horses2–5. Feeding tests on sheep, reported by Connor5, gave evidence of toxicity, but details are lacking. The presence of alkaloid (0.02 per cent) in leaves was reported by Briggs6, and from the close botanical alliance of Brachyglottis to Senecio, pyrrolizidine bases might be expected.
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MORTIMER, P., WHITE, E. Hepatotoxic Substance in Brachyglottis repanda. Nature 214, 1255–1256 (1967). https://doi.org/10.1038/2141255a0
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