Chemicals and Drugs

Indolizidines

Saturated indolizines that are fused six and five-membered rings with a nitrogen atom at the ring fusion. They are biosynthesized in PLANTS by cyclization of a LYSINE coupled to ACETYL COENZYME A. Many of them are naturally occurring ALKALOIDS.

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Saturated indolizines that are fused six and five-membered rings with a nitrogen atom at the ring fusion. They are biosynthesized in PLANTS by cyclization of a LYSINE coupled to ACETYL COENZYME A. Many of them are naturally occurring ALKALOIDS.

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Indexed with the subheadings administration & dosage, adverse effects, agonists, analysis, antagonists & inhibitors, blood, cerebrospinal fluid, chemical synthesis, chemistry, classification, economics, history, immunology, isolation & purification, metabolism, pharmacokinetics, pharmacology, poisoning, radiation effects, standards, supply & distribution, therapeutic use, toxicity, urine.

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2008

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  • Indolizines (1968-2007)

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  1. D03w.633.100.496.500

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  1. National Library of Medicine. Indolizidines. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D054836. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D054836
  2. Indolizidines. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q76852173