''Eupatorium chinense'' is a plant species in the family Asteraceae. The exact boundaries of this species have been defined differently by different authors. King and Robinson's 1987 paper defines it broadly, to include ''

Eupatorium japonicum ''Eupatorium japonicum'', known as fragrant eupatorium in English and 白头婆 bai tou po, in Chinese, is a herbaceous plant species in the family Asteraceae. It is native to China, Japan and Korea. Description ''Eupatorium japonicum'' is a ...

'', ''Eupatorium makinoi'', some varieties of '' Eupatorium fortunei'', and other plants sometimes considered to be separate species.

Toxicity

''Eupatorium chinense'' contains

tumorigenic Carcinogenesis, also called oncogenesis or tumorigenesis, is the formation of a cancer, whereby normal cells are transformed into cancer cells. The process is characterized by changes at the cellular, genetic, and epigenetic levels and abnorm ...

pyrrolizidine alkaloids.Fu, P.P., Yang, Y.C., Xia, Q., Chou, M.C., Cui, Y.Y., Lin G., "Pyrrolizidine alkaloids-tumorigenic components in Chinese herbal medicines and dietary supplements", ''Journal of Food and Drug Analysis'', Vol. 10, No. 4, 2002, pp. 198-21

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References

* Eupatorium, chinense Plants described in 1753 Taxa named by Carl Linnaeus {{Eupatorieae-stub