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Chemodiversity, chemotaxonomy and chemoecology of Amaryllidaceae alkaloids
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The Amaryllidaceae alkaloids are a distinctive chemotaxonomic feature of the subfamily Amaryllidoideae of the family Amaryllidaceae, which consists of 59 genera and > 800 species distributed primarily in tropical and subtropical areas. Since the first isolation, ca. 140 ago, > 600 structurally diverse Amaryllidaceae alkaloids have been reported from ca. 350 species (44% of all species in the subfamily). A few have been found in other plant families, but the majority are unique to the Amaryllidoideae. These alkaloids have attracted considerable research interest due to their wide range of biological and pharmacological activities, which have been extensively reviewed. In this chapter we provide a review of the 636 structures of isolated or tentatively identified alkaloids from plants of the Amaryllidoideae and their classification into 42 skeleton types, as well as a discussion on their distribution, and chemotaxonomical and chemoecological aspects.
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BERKOV, Strahil, et al. Chemodiversity, chemotaxonomy and chemoecology of Amaryllidaceae alkaloids. The Alkaloids: Chemistry and Biology. 2020. Vol. 83, num. 113-185. ISSN 1099-4831. [consulted: 6 of June of 2026]. Available at: https://hdl.handle.net/2445/179469