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alkaloids
- Subject Category
- W Physical and Chemical Sciences
- Definition
- Organic nitrogenous bases. Many alkaloids of medical importance occur in the animal and vegetable kingdoms, and some have been synthesized.
- Definition Source
- Medical Subject Headings
- RDF/XML Format:
- http://lod.nal.usda.gov/nalt/6445.rdf
- Persistent URI:
- http://lod.nal.usda.gov/nalt/6445
- Broader Term
- organic compounds
- Narrower Term
- arecoline
- betalains
- capsaicinoids
- cytisine
- diterpenoid alkaloids
- imidazole alkaloids
- indole alkaloids
- indolizidine alkaloids
- isoquinoline alkaloids
- Lycopodium alkaloids
- lycorine
- muscarine
- opium alkaloids
- piperidine alkaloids
- pyridine alkaloids
- pyrrolidine alkaloids
- pyrrolizidine alkaloids
- quinoline alkaloids
- quinolizidine alkaloids
- sinapine
- steroid alkaloids
- tropane alkaloids
- xanthine alkaloids
- Related Term
- heterocyclic nitrogen compounds
- toxic substances
- Spanish
- alcaloides
- Term Number
- 6445