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Chem Biodivers
; 7(2): 302-26, 2010 Feb.
Article
in English
| MEDLINE
| ID: mdl-20151378
ABSTRACT
Erythroxylum, the most representative genus of the Erythroxylaceae family, presents tropane alkaloids as main constituents. This class of compounds greatly contributes to the chemotaxonomic characterization of plants of this genus, and it has important medical uses and shows toxic effects. This review describes 186 tropane alkaloids in the 35 species of Erythroxylum distributed worldwide. In addition, a compilation of their (13)C-NMR spectral data is presented.