Alkaloid

Introduction: Alkaloid

Description of Alkaloid

Alkaloid: organic nitrogenous bases; many alkaloids of medical importance occur in the animal and vegetable kingdoms.
Source: CRISP

Alkaloid: Organic nitrogenous bases. Many alkaloids of medical importance occur in the animal and vegetable kingdoms, and some have been synthesized. (Grant & Hackh's Chemical Dictionary, 5th ed).
Source: MeSH 2007

Alkaloid: Related Topics

These medical condition or symptom topics may be relevant to medical information for Alkaloid:

• Plant
• Plant disease
• Fungal
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• Fungal disease
• Fungal disorder
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Terms associated with Alkaloid:

More specific terms for Alkaloid:

• Aconitine
• Acronine
• Arecoline
• Camptothecin
• Cinchona Alkaloids
• Colchicine
• Dihydro-beta-Erythroidine
• Emetine
• Ergot Alkaloids
• Harringtonines
• Lobeline
• Mescaline
• Muscarine
• Pilocarpine
• Pyrrolizidine Alkaloids
• Ryanodine
• Salsoline Alkaloids
• Solanaceous Alkaloids
• Sparteine
• Tropanes
• Veratrum Alkaloids
• Swainsonine
• Indole Alkaloids
• Benzylisoquinolines
• Amaryllidaceae Alkaloids
• Benzophenanthridines
• Opiate Alkaloids

Source - MeSH 2007

• arecoline
• aspidosperma alkaloid
• atropine
• bicuculline
• caffeine
• camptothecin
• cannabinoid
• castanospermine
• cocaine
• colchicine
• curare
• ergoline
• harringtonine
• ibogaine
• ibotenate
• michellamine
• monocrotaline
• muscarine
• nicotinate
• nicotine
• opiate alkaloid
• paclitaxel
• papaverine
• pilocarpine
• quinidine
• quinine
• rauwolfia alkaloid
• ryanodine
• scopolamine
• staurosporine
• strychnine
• theobromine
• veratrum alkaloid
• vinca alkaloid

Source - CRISP

Broader terms for Alkaloid

• plant extract

Source - CRISP

The term Alkaloid can be used for:

• aconine
• aconite
• aconitine
• aporphine
• berbine alkaloid
• cystisine
• emetine
• galanthamine
• lycopodine alkaloid
• lycopodium alkaloid
• lycoremine
• mesembrine alkaloid
• methanopyridodiazocine alkaloid
• senecifoline
• senecine
• senecio alkaloid
• sparteine

Source: CRISP

Other terms that may be related to Alkaloid:

• nitrogenous heterocyclic compound

Source: CRISP

The description of Alkaloid may also be used for the following terms:

• ergot alkaloid

Source: CRISP

Hierarchical classifications of Alkaloid

The following list attempts to classify Alkaloid into categories where each line is subset of the next.

MeSH 2007 Hierarchy:

• Heterocyclic Compounds
  • Alkaloids

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