ellipticine

Several other examples from the chemistry of the alkaloids could be mentioned, substances with strange names and interesting properties: lysergic acid, ergonovine, ellipticine, colhicine.

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Potier P (1986) The biogenetic, synthetic and biochemical aspects of ellipticine, an antitumor alkaloid.

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