Quinoline and isoquinoline alkaloids boast great research value in antimalarial treatment, cancer therapy and central nervous system disease research. In actual lab work, however, researchers ...

Alkaloids are natural nitrogen-containing compounds produced by plants and microbes. These molecules, such as morphine and quinine, are important human medicines. Alkaloids are typically polycyclic in ...

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Poison frogs are small and brightly colored amphibians that originate from Central and South America. As suggested by their ...

What does cannabis, coca leaf, and all coffee have in common? They all contain alkaloids, a powerful group of medicinal compounds found in plants around the world. While little is presently known ...

Complex polycylic structures are found in nearly every biosynthetic class of natural products. In particular, an amazing range of rigid densely functionalized polycylic compounds are formed from ...

Benzylisoquinoline alkaloids (BIAs) represent a diverse group of plant secondary metabolites that are of profound pharmacological importance. These compounds, which include opiates, antimicrobial ...

Camellia ptilophylla, a low-caffeine or decaffeinated tea, is increasingly being recognized for its potential health benefits. However, there is intraspecific diversity in purine alkaloid and ...

Barley is one of the most important cereal crops on a global scale. Many barley cultivars produce a toxic alkaloid called gramine that affects the suitability of barley as fodder, but also helps to ...

SOME years ago, Chassar Moir 1 demonstrated by clinical experiments that aqueous extracts of ergot, so far from being valueless as maintained by pharmacologists, contain an oxytocio principle with a ...