This video segment, adapted from NOVA uses reenactment footage to show how chemist Percy Julian completed the total synthesis of physostigmine, an alkaloid derived from the Calabar bean that could be ...

Medicinal alkaloids in lotus accumulate in highly specific organs, yet the molecular basis of this spatial pattern has ...

What does cannabis, coca leaf, and all coffee have in common? They all contain alkaloids, a powerful group of medicinal compounds found in plants around the world. While little is presently known ...

Researchers report the first successful microbial biosynthesis of the tropane alkaloids hyoscyamine and scopolamine, a class of neuromuscular blockers naturally found in plants in the nightshade ...

Medicinal alkaloids in lotus accumulate in highly specific organs, yet the molecular basis of this spatial pattern has remained unclear. A new study ...