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Alkaloids to be, or not to be in Catharanthus
| Division: | Earth & Environmental Sciences | | Category: | Senior | | Region: | | | City: | , | | School: | | | Abstract: | Dimeric Alkaloids produced in the Madagascar Periwinkle (Catharanthus roseus) continue to be one of the key components of a variety of different chemotherapy regimes, effectively fighting cancerous diseases like leukemia and Non-Hodgkin’s Lymphoma. In this experiment it is shown that hypothesis about the production of secondary metabolites necessary for the synthesis of dimeric alkaloids may not stand correct for all varieties of Catharanthus roseus. |
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