| Bioactivity | Petasitenine (Fukinotoxin) is a pyrrolizidine alkaloid that can be found in the plant Petasites japonicus, which is a carcinogenic metabolite of neopetasitenine. Petasitenine causes lactate dehydrogenase leakage, and exhibits hepatotoxicity[1]. |
| CAS | 60102-37-6 |
| Formula | C19H27NO7 |
| Molar Mass | 381.42 |
| Transport | Room temperature in continental US; may vary elsewhere. |
| Storage | Please store the product under the recommended conditions in the Certificate of Analysis. |
| Reference | [1]. Yanagi M, et al., Metabolic profiles for the pyrrolizidine alkaloid neopetasitenine and its metabolite petasitenine in humans extrapolated from rat in vivo and in vitro data sets using a simplified physiologically based pharmacokinetic model. J Toxicol Sci. 2021;46(9):391-399. |