Cocaine is one of the most consumed stimulants throughout the world, as official sources
report. It is a naturally occurring sympathomimetic tropane alkaloid derived from the leaves …

This review illustrates the distribution of tropane alkaloids within the families Solanaceae,
Erythroxylaceae, Proteaceae, Euphorbiaceae, Rhizophoraceae, Convolvulaceae and …

Written for practitioners in the field, this critically acclaimed bestseller provides authoritative
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Tropane alkaloids (TAs) are heterocyclic nitrogenous metabolites found across seven orders
of angiosperms, including Malpighiales (Erythroxylaceae) and Solanales (Solanaceae) …

Cocaine is one of the most consumed stimulants throughout the world, as official sources
report. It is a naturally occurring sympathomimetic tropane alkaloid derived from the leaves …

Publisher Summary This chapter reviews tropane alkaloids and focuses in the areas of
occurrence and synthesis. The tropane alkaloids are a structurally well-defined group of …

Extraction of cocaine and benzoylecgonine from coca leaves was performed by focused
microwave‐assisted extraction (FMAE). Cocaine extraction was optimised with respect to the …

The pharmacologically important tropane alkaloids have a scattered distribution among
angiosperm families, like many other groups of secondary metabolites. To determine …

Plants produce an enormous variety of natural products with highly diverse structures. These
products are commonly termed “secondary metabolites” in contrast to the “primary …

The genus Erythroxylum contains species used by indigenous people of South America long
before the domestication of plants. Two species, E. coca and E. novogranatense, have been …