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Heterocyclic Compounds > Heterocyclic Compounds, Fused-Ring > Heterocyclic Compounds, 2-Ring > Quinolizines > Quinolizidines

Preferred term

Quinolizidines  

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  • Topical Descriptor

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Entry terms

  • Quinolizidine

Scope note

  • Saturated quinolizines that are two fused six-membered rings with a nitrogen atom at the ring fusion. They are biosynthesized in PLANTS by cyclization of a LYSINE coupled to CADAVERINE. Many of them are naturally occurring ALKALOIDS.

History note

  • 2008

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http://www.yso.fi/onto/mesh/D054837

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