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Alkaloids with diterpenoid skeletons have been isolated from several families of Ranunaclacae - mainly Aeoniturn and Delphinium. These compounds have long been of interest because of their pharmacological properties and complex structures. Many of these compounds are among the most toxic materials of plant origin known to man. They cause nausea, excessive salivation and frequent swallowing; death is usually thought to be due to paralysis of the respiratory center.
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Waller, G.R., Lawrence, R.H. (1978). Isolation and Determination of Structures of Some New Diterpenoid Alkaloids in Delphinium ajacis by Mass Spectrometry. In: Frigerio, A. (eds) Recent Developments in Mass Spectrometry in Biochemistry and Medicine. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4613-3991-5_35
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