Periodic Reporting for period 1 - PATOX (Development of pyrrolizidine alkaloid detection methods for the assessment of food contamination and impact on human and animal health)

Pyrrolizidine alkaloids are more than 600 individual compounds that are hazardous for animals and humans if ingested. The 3% of the flowering plants produce these type of molecules and grow as weeds in agricultural production systems throughout the world where they can...