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PHYTOCHEMISTRY
Volume 53, Issue 6, Pages 623-637Publisher
PERGAMON-ELSEVIER SCIENCE LTD
DOI: 10.1016/S0031-9422(99)00475-6
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tropane alkaloids; scopolamine; calystegines; schizanthines; truxillines; moonines; geographical distribution; cultivation; Solanaceae; Erythroxylaceae; Proteaceae; Euphorbiaceae; Rhizophoraceae; Convolvulaceae; Cruciferae
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This review illustrates the distribution of tropane alkaloids within the Families Solanaceae, Erythroxylaceae, Proteaceae, Euphorbiaceae, Rhizophoraceae, Convolvulaceae and Cruciferae. Whereas tropane alkaloids are characteristic of the genera Datura. Brigmansia (tree datura) and Duboisia of the Solanaceae, the distribution is more widespread with novel tropane derivatives in families not traditionally associated with these bases. The chemical nature of more recently discovered water-soluble calystegines and the di- and trimeric forms from the Convolvulaceae (e.g. schizanthines from Schizanthus spp.), truxillines from Bolivian coca leaves and moonines of Erythroxylum moonii are highlighted. Where possible and appropriate, links between the phytochemistry and taxonomy are discussed. (C) 2000 Elsevier Science Ltd. All rights reserved.
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