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ReviewMolecules (Basel, Switzerland)2019

Tropane Alkaloids: Chemistry, Pharmacology, Biosynthesis and Production.

Kathrin Laura Kohnen-Johannsen, Oliver Kayser

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Review in Molecules (Basel, Switzerland), 2019. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 91 papers.

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91citing papers in PubMed
15.8field-weighted citation impact, top 1% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

91 citing papers in PubMed, 323 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

2 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Kathrin Laura Kohnen-JohannsenTechnical Biochemistry, Department of Biochemical and Chemical Engineering, Technical University Dortmund, D-44227 Dortmund, Germany. Laura.Kohnen@tu-dortmund.de.
Oliver KayserTechnical Biochemistry, Department of Biochemical and Chemical Engineering, Technical University Dortmund, D-44227 Dortmund, Germany. Oliver.Kayser@tu-dortmund.de.ORCID 0000-0001-6131-2495
TU Dortmund University · DE

Funding

European Union 613513
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Tropane alkaloids (TA) are valuable secondary plant metabolites which are mostly found in high concentrations in the Solanaceae and Erythroxylaceae families. The TAs, which are characterized by their unique bicyclic tropane ring system, can be divided into three major groups: hyoscyamine and scopolamine, cocaine and calystegines. Although all TAs have the same basic structure, they differ immensely in their biological, chemical and pharmacological properties. Scopolamine, also known as hyoscine, has the largest legitimate market as a pharmacological agent due to its treatment of nausea, vomiting, motion sickness, as well as smooth muscle spasms while cocaine is the 2nd most frequently consumed illicit drug globally. This review provides a comprehensive overview of TAs, highlighting their structural diversity, use in pharmaceutical therapy from both historical and modern perspectives, natural biosynthesis

Indexed as

AlkaloidsErythroxylaceaeGene Expression Regulation, PlantHumansMolecular StructurePlant ExtractsSecondary MetabolismSolanaceaeTropanesAlkaloidsPlant ExtractsTropanesbiosynthesisbiotechnological productioncalysteginechemistrycocainepharmacologyscopolaminetropane alkaloids

Identifiers

PMID30813289
PMCPMC6412926
OpenAlexW2916167720

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