title: Pyrrolizidine alkaloids.
abstract: This review covers pyrrolizidine alkaloids isolated from natural sources. Topics include: aspects of structure, isolation, and biological/pharmacological studies; total syntheses of necic acids, necine bases and closely-related non-natural analogues.
authors.affiliation: Department of Chemistry, Chemistry Research Laboratory, University of Oxford, Mansfield Road, Oxford, OX1 3TA, UK. jeremy.robertson@chem.ox.ac.uk.
authors.forename: Jeremy
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Robertson
authors.forename: Kiri
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Stevens
mesh_terms: D015394:Molecular Structure; D010946:Plants, Medicinal / Q000737:chemistry*; D011763:Pyrrolizidine Alkaloids / Q000138:chemical synthesis / Q000737:chemistry / Q000494:pharmacology
chemical_list: D011763:Pyrrolizidine Alkaloids