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are natural compounds and one of the largest groups of chemicals found in plants.
Alkaloids
contain one or more rings of carbon atoms usually with a nitrogen atom.
Alkaloids
Alkaloids are (blank) in organic solvent but (blank) in water
soluble, insoluble
Alkaloids are physiologically active but some are
poisonous
Alkaloids name generally ends in the suffix(blank), a reference to their chemical classification as amines.
'ine'
In their pure form, most alkaloids are
colorless, non- volatile, crystalline solids
In their pure form, most alkaloids are colorless, non- volatile, crystalline solids. Few are
amorphous
In their pure form, most alkaloids are colorless, non- volatile, crystalline solids. Few are amorphous, and are (blank) for those that lacks oxygen.
liquid
probably the most widely accepted and common mode of classifying alkaloids
Chemical Classification
Quinazolin
Vasicine from Vasaka
Norlupinane
Lupanine from Lupine
Pyrrole Biological source and Family
Erythroxylum coca Family: Erythroxylaceae
Pyrrolidine
Nicotiana tabacum
Family: Solanaceae
Pyridine
Lobelia inflate Family: Campanulaceae
