Class of naturally occurring chemical compounds

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A plant related to birthwort, (Aristolochia longa L.): flowering stem with separate rhizome and sections of fruit. Coloured etching by M. Bouchard, 1774.

Bugloss (Echium lycopsis L.): entire flowering plant. Coloured engraving after F. von Scheidl, 1770.

Comfrey (Symphytum tuberosum L.): entire flowering plant with separate floral sections. Coloured etching by M. Bouchard, 1774.

Tobacco (Nicotiana sp.): flowering stem with separate leaf. Coloured etching by M. Bouchard, 1772.

Comfrey (Symphytum officinale L.): flowering stem with separate leaf and rootstock. Coloured etching by M. Bouchard, 1774.

A plant (Erysimum murale) related to the wallflower: flowering stem with separate fruit and seed. Coloured engraving after F. von Scheidl, 1776.

A plant (Cheiranthus sp.): flowering stem with separate opened fruit and seeds. Coloured etching by M. Bouchard, 177-.

A species of the genus Arum: fruiting spadix with separate leaves and single sectioned fruit. Coloured etching by M. Bouchard, 1774.

Smoking tobacco (Nicotiana tabacum L.): flowering and fruiting stem. Coloured etching by M. Bouchard, 1772.

A species of the genus Arum: spadix, leaf and tuber. Coloured etching by M. Bouchard, 1774.

Dittander (Lepidium latifolium L.): flowering and fruiting stem with root and separate segments of flower and fruit. Coloured etching by M. Bouchard, 177-.

A plant (Solanum sp.): entire flowering and fruiting plant. Coloured etching by M. Bouchard, 1774.

Hospital facts and observations : illustrative of the efficacy of the new remedies, strychnia, brucia, acetate of morphia, veratria, iodine, &c. in several morbid conditions of the system : with a comparative view of the treatment of chorea, and some cases of diabetes : a report on the efficacy of sulphureous fumigations in diseases of the skin, chronic rheumatism, &c. / by James Lomax Bardsley.

A therapeutic guide to alkaloidal-dosimetric-medication / by John M. Shaller, M.D.

Die Konstitutionserforschung der Alkaloide die Pyridin-Piperidin-Gruppe / Jürgen Müller ; mit einem Geleitwort von Rudolf Schmitz.

Black nightshade (Solanum nigrum L.): flowering and fruiting stem. Coloured etching by M. Bouchard, 1774.

Proceedings of the Association of Economic Biologists ordinary meeting held at 2.30 p.m. on May 13th, 1927, in the Imperial College of Science ... : discussion on plant alkaloids.

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Alkaloids

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A therapeutic guide to alkaloidal-dosimetric-medication / by John M. Shaller, M.D.

Die Konstitutionserforschung der Alkaloide die Pyridin-Piperidin-Gruppe / Jürgen Müller ; mit einem Geleitwort von Rudolf Schmitz.

Black nightshade (Solanum nigrum L.): flowering and fruiting stem. Coloured etching by M. Bouchard, 1774.

Proceedings of the Association of Economic Biologists ordinary meeting held at 2.30 p.m. on May 13th, 1927, in the Imperial College of Science ... : discussion on plant alkaloids.

Alkaloids

Images from the collections

Images referencing Alkaloids

Works from the collections

A therapeutic guide to alkaloidal-dosimetric-medication / by John M. Shaller, M.D.

Die Konstitutionserforschung der Alkaloide die Pyridin-Piperidin-Gruppe / Jürgen Müller ; mit einem Geleitwort von Rudolf Schmitz.

Black nightshade (Solanum nigrum L.): flowering and fruiting stem. Coloured etching by M. Bouchard, 1774.

Proceedings of the Association of Economic Biologists ordinary meeting held at 2.30 p.m. on May 13th, 1927, in the Imperial College of Science ... : discussion on plant alkaloids.

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