Book ID: 56049
Linskens, H.-F. and J.F. Jackson (eds.)
Alkaloids. 1994.(Modern Methods of Plant Analysis,vol.15). 58 figs. tabs. XVIII,237 p. gr8vo. Cloth.
A booktreating alkaloid analysis with all the latest techniques such asinverse-detected two dimensional NMR, GC/MS, and HPLC associatedtechniques. There have been many developments in the field of alkaloidanalysis since the 1950s, not the least of which are the variouspowerful spectroscopic methods which dominate this volume. Included alsoare the various aspects of tobacco alkaloids and analysis in varioussituations. The complexities of sampling and analysis of tobacco smokeare explained. Analysis of alkaloids produced by tobacco root cellculture is included, while genetic and chemical analysis is describedfor Papaver, a plant of considerable medicinal significance.