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Planta Med 1987; 53(6): 509-514
DOI: 10.1055/s-2006-962797
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Quinolizidine Alkaloids: Biochemistry, Metabolism, and Function in Plants and Cell Suspension Cultures

Michael Wink
  • Genzentrum der Universität München, Pharmazeutische Biologie, Karlstr. 29, D-8000 München 2, Federal Republic of Germany.
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1987

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24 January 2007 (online)

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Abstract

Quinolizidine alkaloids constitute about 2% of the alkaloids that are known from plants. In this report, data on chromatography (TLC, cGLC), spectroscopy (MS, NMR), occurrence, biosynthesis (tracer studies, enzymatic experiments), accumulation, transport, degradation, biological activities (pharmacology, chemical ecology), and alkaloid formation in cell cultures are reviewed.