Alkaloid Biosynthesis: The Basis for Metabolic Engineering of Medicinal Plants

Toni M. Kutchan

The Plant Cell · 1995 · 247 citations · 0 references

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Abstract

Alkaloids-the term is linguistically derived from the Arabic word a/-qali, the plant from which soda was first obtainedare nitrogenous compounds that constitute the pharmacologically active “basic principles ” of predominantly, although not