title: Indolizidine and quinolizidine alkaloids.
abstract: This review covers the isolation, structure determination, synthesis and biological activity of indolizidine and quinolizidine alkaloids from microbial, plant and animal sources. Included in the review are slaframine; hydroxylated indolizidines and their analogues; alkaloids from ants and amphibians; metabolites of the genera Prosopis, Streptomyces and Nuphar and the Lythraceae; phenanthroindolizidines and related alkaloids; lupin alkaloids; and alkaloids from sponges. tunicates and coccinellid beetles. The literature from July 2000 to June 2001 is reviewed, and 172 references are cited.
authors.affiliation: Molecular Sciences Institute, School of Chemistry, University of the Witwatersrand, Wits 2050, South Africa. jmichael@aurum.chem.wits.ac.za
authors.forename: Joseph P
authors.initials: JP
authors.lastname: Michael
mesh_terms: D000470:Alkaloids / Q000138:chemical synthesis / Q000737:chemistry / Q000494:pharmacology; D000663:Amphibians; D000818:Animals; D001000:Ants / Q000737:chemistry; D002384:Catalysis; D001517:Coleoptera / Q000737:chemistry; D007212:Indolizines / Q000138:chemical synthesis / Q000737:chemistry / Q000494:pharmacology; D015394:Molecular Structure; D019906:Nuclear Magnetic Resonance, Biomolecular; D010946:Plants, Medicinal / Q000737:chemistry; D011161:Porifera / Q000737:chemistry; D011807:Quinolizines / Q000138:chemical synthesis / Q000737:chemistry / Q000494:pharmacology; D013237:Stereoisomerism; D013302:Streptomyces / Q000737:chemistry / Q000378:metabolism; D014561:Urochordata / Q000737:chemistry
chemical_list: D000470:Alkaloids; D007212:Indolizines; D011807:Quinolizines; C009275:slaframine