The pyrrolizidine alkaloids : studies on the pyrrolizidine base Retronecanol

Degradative and biosynthetic studies were performed on retronecanol1 obtained from monocrotaline, the alkaloid present in Crotalaria spectabilis. Previously two different theories regarding the biosynthesis of the pyrrolizidine bases had been proposed. Conflicting results in this school emphasised t...

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Main Author: Welgemoed, Jacobus Cornelius
Other Authors: Campbell, William E
Format: Dissertation
Language:English
Published: University of Cape Town 2016
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/11427/22320