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Benstead, John Clyde |
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2011-03-10T22:55:55Z |
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dc.date.accessioned |
2022-10-25T04:49:59Z |
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dc.date.available |
2011-03-10T22:55:55Z |
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dc.date.available |
2022-10-25T04:49:59Z |
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dc.date.copyright |
1951 |
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dc.date.issued |
1951 |
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dc.identifier.uri |
https://ir.wgtn.ac.nz/handle/123456789/23206 |
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dc.description.abstract |
Picrotoxin is a bitter principle which is obtained from the berries of certain East Indian creepers e.g. Anamirta Cocoula. It possesses marked physiological properties, and is used by the natives as a fish poison. This physiological activity, allied to a bitter taste, originally led to the belief that picrotoxin was an alkaloid; but it was subsequently shown to contain only carbon, hydrogen, and oxygen.
Picrotoxin belongs to a group of natural products which are remarkable for their high oxygen content: this group is sometimes referred to as the "oxygen alkaloids. Members of this group (the amaroids) include - |
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pdf |
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en_NZ |
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en_NZ |
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dc.publisher |
Te Herenga Waka—Victoria University of Wellington |
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dc.title |
A study of the lactone systems of some picrotoxin derivatives |
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Text |
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Awarded Research Masters Thesis |
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Te Herenga Waka—Victoria University of Wellington |
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thesis.degree.level |
Masters |
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thesis.degree.name |
Master of Science |
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