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Alkaloids

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Alkaloids comprise an enormous group of natural products with very diverse structures. Although many of the classical alkaloids were isolated and characterised many decades ago, new and important compounds are still being extracted in large numbers. The useful biological properties possessed by many alkaloids new and old, coupled with their interesting and challenging structures, make them targets for extensive synthetic studies. The biosynthetic pathways from which alkaloids originate are particularly fascinating and understanding these has always been the focus of intense study.

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Leonard, J. (1993). Alkaloids. In: Thomson, R.H. (eds) The Chemistry of Natural Products. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-011-2144-6_6

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