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Genetic Transformation of Datura Species

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Abstract

The commercial value of Datura (Solanaceae), together with other solanaceous species already revised in this series (Strauss 1989; Bajaj and Simola 1991, Scholten et al. 1992), comes almost entirely from the alkaloids hyoscyamine and scopolamine (Fig. 1), extracted from plant roots. Members of the genus Datura are particularly rich in scopolamine, which is considered the most hallucinogenic of the solanaceous alkaloids (Simpson and Conner-Ogorzaly 1986).

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Loyola-Vargas, V.M. (1999). Genetic Transformation of Datura Species. In: Bajaj, Y.P.S. (eds) Transgenic Medicinal Plants. Biotechnology in Agriculture and Forestry, vol 45. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-58439-8_7

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