Two Faces of Alkaloids

Jirí Dostál
Department of Biochemistry, Masaryk University Faculty of Medicine, Komenského námestí 2, CZ-662 43 Brno, Czech Republic
J. Chem. Educ., 2000, 77 (8), p 993
DOI: 10.1021/ed077p993
Publication Date (Web): August 1, 2000

Abstract

Alkaloids can occur in two forms, denoted as ammonium salts and free bases. These forms differ substantially in their properties and in some cases in their structures. The article discusses and compares the salts and free bases of six well-known alkaloids: nicotine, morphine, cocaine, sanguinarine, allocryptopine, and magnoflorine. Relevance for the biological and medical uses of these compounds is emphasized.

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