Amaryllidaceae alkaloids

Natural Products: Phytochemistry, Botany and Metabolism of Alkaloids, Phenolics and Terpenes

Volumn , Issue , 2013, Pages 479-522

  Jin, Zhong ^a   Xu, Xiao Hua ^a  

^a NANKAI UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Alkaloid; Amaryllidaceae; Biological activity; Biosynthesis; Tyrosine

Indexed keywords

EID: 85027835702     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1007/978-3-642-22144-6_18     Document Type: Chapter

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