Pilocarpine and related alkaloids in Pilocarpus Vahl (Rutaceae)

Alkaloids: Properties, Applications and Pharmacological Effects

Volumn , Issue , 2011, Pages 63-80

  Sawaya, Alexandra C H F ^a   Abreu, Ilka N ^a,b   Andreazza, Nathalia L ^a   Eberlin, Marcos N ^a   Mazzafera, Paulo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMPINAS   (Brazil)

^b SCOTTISH CROP RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Biosynthesis; Genetic variation; Imidazole alkaloid; Jaborandi

Indexed keywords

EID: 84891995338     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: None     Document Type: Chapter

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