"Alkaloids" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure,
which enables searching at various levels of specificity.
Organic nitrogenous bases. Many alkaloids of medical importance occur in the animal and vegetable kingdoms, and some have been synthesized. (Grant & Hackh's Chemical Dictionary, 5th ed)
| Descriptor ID |
D000470
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| MeSH Number(s) |
D03.132
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| 2002 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2005 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 2006 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 2007 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2009 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 2010 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 2011 | 1 | 3 | 4 |
| 2013 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 2015 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 2016 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2019 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2021 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2022 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2024 | 3 | 1 | 4 |
| 2025 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Alkaloids" by people in Profiles.
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Antibiofilm properties of 4-hydroxy-3-methyl-2-alkenylquinoline, a novel Burkholderia-derived alkaloid. mSphere. 2025 May 27; 10(5):e0108124.
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Kratom Alkaloids for the Treatment of Alcohol Use Disorder. ACS Chem Neurosci. 2024 12 18; 15(24):4352-4359.
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Discovery of steroidal alkaloid metabolites and their accumulation in pigs after short-term tomato consumption. Food Chem. 2025 Jan 15; 463(Pt 3):141346.
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Transcriptomics and Metabolomics Reveal Tomato Consumption Alters Hepatic Xenobiotic Metabolism and Induces Steroidal Alkaloid Metabolite Accumulation in Mice. Mol Nutr Food Res. 2024 Feb; 68(4):e2300239.
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Responses to a "Typical" Morning Dose of Kratom in People Who Use Kratom Regularly: A Direct-Observation Study. J Addict Med. 2024 Mar-Apr 01; 18(2):144-152.
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Xanthine derivatives inhibit FTO in an L-ascorbic acid-dependent manner. Chem Commun (Camb). 2023 Sep 07; 59(72):10809-10812.
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Steroidal alkaloid biosynthesis is coordinately regulated and differs among tomatoes in the red-fruited clade. Plant Genome. 2022 06; 15(2):e20192.
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Two new isoquinoline alkaloids from Cryptocarya wrayi and their biological activities. Fitoterapia. 2022 Jan; 156:105086.
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Pharmacokinetic Characterization and Bioavailability Barrier for the Key Active Components of Botanical Drug Antitumor B (ATB) in Mice for Chemoprevention of Oral Cancer. J Nat Prod. 2021 09 24; 84(9):2486-2495.
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Historical chemical annotations of Cinchona bark collections are comparable to results from current day high-pressure liquid chromatography technologies. J Ethnopharmacol. 2020 Mar 01; 249:112375.