Advances in Plant Alkaloid Research

• Other Authors: D'Auria, John C. (Editor)
• Format: Electronic Book Chapter
• Language: English
• Published: Basel, Switzerland MDPI - Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute 2020
• Subjects: Research & information: general; Biology, life sciences; canthin-6-one; Picrolemma huberi; Simaroubaceae; antiplasmodial activity; Sarcococca hookeriana; sarchookloides A-C; steroidal alkaloid; cytotoxicity; Rhodophiala; alkaloids; molecular docking; AChE; BuChE; GC-MS; Mahonia imbricata; Berberidaceae; isoquinoline alkaloid; mahimbrine A; hedgehog signaling; Veratrum californicum; cyclopamine; HPLC-MS; Shh-Light II cells; halogencyclopropane; dichlorocarbene; epoxidation; vindoline; catharanthine; dimer alkaloids; vindoline trimer; Ruta graveolens; photosystem II; Chl a fluorescence; Hill reaction inhibitors; acridone alkaloids; benzylisoquinoline alkaloids; cytochrome P450 monooxygenase; medicinal properties; methyltransferase; Nelumbo nucifera; norcoclaurine synthase; sacred lotus; stereochemistry; Aristotelia chilensis Molina Stuntz; vascular activity; endothelium-independent; indole alkaloid; 8-oxo-9-dihydromakomakine; voltage-dependent calcium channels; Catharanthus roseus; cambial meristematic cells; Aspergillus flavus; terpenoid indole alkaloids; biosynthesis; Buxaceae; Borago officinalis; Crassocephalum; Copper-dependent diamine oxidase; Gynura bicolor; Homospermidine synthase; Lolium perenne; Necic acids; Necine bases; Pyrrolizidine alkaloid biosynthesis; Senecionine; tropane alkaloids; scopolamine; cocaine; calystegine; chemistry; pharmacology; biotechnological production; Erythroxylaceae; Erythroxylum coca; next generation sequencing; traditional medicine; bioprospecting; tropane; late-stage functionalization; sulfinate; DiversinateTM; natural product; medicinal chemistry; papaverine; scaffold; library; biodiscovery; Swinglea glutinosa; dereplication; acridones; phenylacrylamides
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Plant alkaloids are critical components of modern medicine and pharmaceuticals. These compounds are also becoming increasingly important for industrial uses as part of the green chemistry revolution. This Special Issue will focus on the molecular advances being made in understanding how such a large...