Special Issue "Alkaloids"

Guest Editor
Prof. Dr. Mariana Sottomayor
Department of Botany, Faculty of Sciences and Institute for Molecular and Cell Biology (IBMC) , University of Porto Rua do Campo Alegre, 823 4150-180 Porto
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Guest Editor
Prof. Dr. Patricia Valentao
Pharmacognosy Laboratory, Pharmacy Faculty, University of Oporto, R. Aníbal Cunha, 164, 4050 054 Porto
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Manuscripts should be prepared according to the Instructions for Authors and submitted by e-mail to molecules@mdpi.org, with a copy to the Guest Editor Prof. Dr. Patrícia Valentao, E-mail: valentao@ff.up.pt, Prof. Dr. Mariana Sottomayor, E-mail: msottoma@ibmc.up.pt, and the Editor-in-Chief, Dr. Derek J. McPhee, E-mail: mcphee@mdpi.org. The subject title of the message should be "Manuscript Submission for Special Issue on Alkaloids". Deadline for article submission: 30 June 2008 (Papers can be continuously submitted, processed, and if accepted, continuously published).

• Pyridine group: piperine, coniine, trigonelline, arecaidine, guvacine, pilocarpine, cytisine, nicotine, sparteine, pelletierine. Pyrrolidine group: hygrine, cuscohygrine, nicotine. Tropane group: atropine, cocaine, ecgonine, scopolamine, catuabine. Quinoline group: quinine, quinidine, dihydroquinine, dihydroquinidine, strychnine, brucine, veratrine, cevadine. Isoquinoline group: The opium alkaloids (morphine, codeine, thebaine, Isopapa-dimethoxy-aniline, papaverine, narcotine, sanguinarine, narceine, hydrastine, berberine). Phenethylamine group: mescaline, ephedrine, dopamine, amphetamine, Indole group: Tryptamines: DMT, N-methyltryptamine, psilocybin, serotonin. Ergolines: the ergot alkaloids (ergine, ergotamine, lysergic acid, etc.). Beta-carbolines: harmine, harmaline, yohimbine, reserpine, emetine. Rauwolfia alkaloids: Reserpine. Purine group: Xanthines: caffeine, theobromine, theophylline. Terpenoid group: Aconite alkaloids: aconitine. Steroids: solanine, samandaris (quaternary ammonium compounds): muscarine, choline, neurine.
• organic chemistry, natural product chemistry, medicinal chemistry, analytical chemistry, etc.