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Alkaloid
Alkaloid Al"ka*loid ([a^]l"k[.a]*loid), n. (Chem.)
An organic base, especially one of a class of substances
occurring ready formed in the tissues of plants and the
bodies of animals.
Note: Alkaloids all contain nitrogen, carbon, and hydrogen,
and many of them also contain oxygen. They include many
of the active principles in plants; thus, morphine and
narcotine are alkaloids found in opium.
Alkaloid
Alkaloid Al"ka*loid ([a^]l"k[.a]*loid), Alkaloidal
Al`ka*loid"al ([a^]l`k[.a]*loid"al), a. [Alkali + -oid: cf. F.
alcalo["i]de.]
Pertaining to, resembling, or containing, alkali.
Meaning of Alkaloids from wikipedia
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compounds of
similar structure may also be
termed alkaloids. In
addition to carbon,
hydrogen and nitrogen,
alkaloids may also
contain oxygen or sulfur.
Rarer still...
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skeleton is
contained in a
variety of
alkaloids,
referred to as
ergoline derivatives or
ergoline alkaloids.
Ergoline alkaloids, one
being ergine, were initially...
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Aporphine alkaloids are
naturally occurring chemical compounds from the
group of
alkaloids.
After the
benzylisoquinoline alkaloids they are the second...
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contain tropane alkaloids;
roots have up to 1.3%,
leaves 1.2%,
stalks 0.65%,
flowers 0.6%, ripe
berries 0.7%, and
seeds 0.4%
tropane alkaloids;
leaves reach...
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diverse range of
alkaloids. To humans,
these alkaloids can be desirable, toxic, or both. The
tropanes are the most well-known of the
alkaloids found in the...
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psychoactive alkaloids, or are
suspected of
containing such
alkaloids due to
being psychoactive. The
presence and
constitution of
alkaloids in
nature can...
- the key
difference dividing the
branch of
classical ergot alkaloids from
dihydroergot alkaloids, the
latter often being preferred for
pharmaceuticals due...
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Harmala alkaloids are
several alkaloids that act as
monoamine oxidase inhibitors (MAOIs).
These alkaloids are
found in the
seeds of
Peganum harmala (also...
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Another group of
alkaloids, the senecio-type
alkaloids, are
produced by
various plants and like the lolines, the
senecio alkaloids possess a pyrrolizidine...
- Coca
alkaloids are the
alkaloids found in the coca plant,
Erythroxylum coca. They are
predominantly of
either the
pyrrolidine or the
tropane types. Benzoylecgonine...
