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Enzymology of Alkaloid Biosynthesis

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Alkaloids

Abstract

The biogenesis of alkaloids has been the cause of much speculation and since the beginning of the century there has been a great effort directed at the elucidation of some of the pathways. The advent of isotopically labeled compounds in the 1950s heralded the beginning of research that has given an insight into many aspects of alkaloid biosynthesis and metabolism.

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