BACKGROUND
Senecio brasiliensis (Spreng) Less (S. brasiliensis), known as "Flor-das-almas", "Margaridinha" or "Maria mole", is used in folk medicine as an anti-inflammatory and to treat gastric ulcers and stomach pain. While the Senecio genus has been widely studied for its pharmacological
A herd of 135 Aberdeen Angus cows were grazing on pastures containing abundant Senecio selloi in the eastern region of Buenos Aires Province, Argentina. Some undiagnosed deaths were observed during 1989. In 1990 the death count raised to 38 animals, all of them showing the same clinical signs and
SsLOS directly catalyzed formation of the sesquiterpenoid ether liguloxide in the medicinal plant Senecio scandens. Terpene synthases determine the diversity of terpene skeletons and corresponding terpenoid natural products. Oxygenated groups introduced in catalysis of terpene synthases are
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