Difference between revisions of "Alkaloids"

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[[File:Papaver somniferum - Wikimedia Commons.jpg|200px|thumb|right|The first individual alkaloid, morphine, was isolated in 1804 from poppy (Papaver somniferum). ]]
 
Alkaloids are a group of naturally occurring chemical compounds that contain mostly basic nitrogen atoms.  
 
Alkaloids are a group of naturally occurring chemical compounds that contain mostly basic nitrogen atoms.  
  

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The first individual alkaloid, morphine, was isolated in 1804 from poppy (Papaver somniferum).

Alkaloids are a group of naturally occurring chemical compounds that contain mostly basic nitrogen atoms.