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  • "Alkaloids," he continued quietly, "as you know, have names that end in 'in' or 'ine' -- morphine, strychnine, and so on.

    The Dream Doctor 1908

  • Alkaloids Alkaloids are bitter-tasting toxins that appeared in plants about the time that mammals evolved, and seem especially effective at deterring our branch of the animal family by both taste and aftereffects.

    On Food and Cooking, The Science and Lore of the Kitchen Harold McGee 2004

  • Alkaloids Alkaloids are bitter-tasting toxins that appeared in plants about the time that mammals evolved, and seem especially effective at deterring our branch of the animal family by both taste and aftereffects.

    On Food and Cooking, The Science and Lore of the Kitchen Harold McGee 2004

  • Mr. Bensington won his spurs (if one may use such an expression of a gentleman in boots of slashed cloth) by his splendid researches upon the More Toxic Alkaloids, and Professor Redwood rose to eminence — I do not clearly remember how he rose to eminence!

    The Food of the Gods and how it came to Earth Herbert George 2004

  • Caution: Alkaloids pose dangers for people with thyroid dysfunction see p.

    The Best Alternative Medicine Dr. Kenneth R. Pelletier 2000

  • Caution: Alkaloids pose dangers for people with thyroid dysfunction see p.

    The Best Alternative Medicine Dr. Kenneth R. Pelletier 2000

  • SOUTHON, I.W. and BUCKINGHAM, J. (1989) Dictionary of Alkaloids.

    Chapter 4 1994

  • Alkaloids are found in some 5-10% of all plants, being more common in tropical than in temperate species.

    Chapter 4 1994

  • SOUTHON, I.W. and BUCKINGHAM, J. (1989) Dictionary of Alkaloids.

    Chapter 6 1994

  • Collins, Alkaloids from catecholamines in adrenal tissue: possible role in alcoholism, Science 167 1970: 1749-51.

    Alcohol and The Addictive Brain Kenneth Blum 1991

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