10. Glossary

Angiosarcoma of the liver

Angiosarcoma is a cancer of the blood vessels and endothelial cells lining the hepatic sinusoids. It is a malignant cancer that can metastasize to muscle, liver, breast, spleen, heart, skin and occasionally bone.

Glucagon and insulin

Antagonistic pancreatic hormones that play an essential role in maintaining blood sugar levels: insulin lowers blood sugar and glucagon raises it.

Blood glucose

Glycemia is the concentration of glucose in the blood. Its value is around 1 g/l.

Pyrrolizidine

Pyrrolizidine alkaloids are a class of alkaloids and secondary metabolites characterized by a pyrrolizidine structure formed by two pyrrole rings. They are mainly found in all plants of the Boraginaceae (borage)...