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Application
Retrorsine has been used:as a mito-inhibitory pyrrolizidine alkaloid compound to induce necrotic liver injury in rats to induce hepatocellular injury in rats to arrest endogenous hepatocyte growth in mice
Biochem/physiol Actions
Retrorsine (RTS) is a retronecine-type pyrrolizidine alkaloid associated with SenecioandCrotalariaspecies. It belongs to the pyrrolizidine alkaloid family with mito-inhibitory property and elicits hepatotoxicity. It mediates the inactivation of cytochrome P450 3A4. Retrorsine also inhibits replication of fully differentiated hepatocytes.
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