A study of the lactone systems of some picrotoxin derivatives

dc.contributor.author	Benstead, John Clyde
dc.date.accessioned	2011-03-10T22:55:55Z
dc.date.accessioned	2022-10-25T04:49:59Z
dc.date.available	2011-03-10T22:55:55Z
dc.date.available	2022-10-25T04:49:59Z
dc.date.copyright	1951
dc.date.issued	1951
dc.identifier.uri	https://ir.wgtn.ac.nz/handle/123456789/23206
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 -	en_NZ
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dc.publisher	Te Herenga Waka—Victoria University of Wellington	en_NZ
dc.title	A study of the lactone systems of some picrotoxin derivatives	en_NZ
dc.type	Text	en_NZ
vuwschema.type.vuw	Awarded Research Masters Thesis	en_NZ
thesis.degree.grantor	Te Herenga Waka—Victoria University of Wellington	en_NZ
thesis.degree.level	Masters	en_NZ

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