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Alkaloid Biogenesis in Datura

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MYDRIATIC alkaloids accumulate in tomato scions grown on root-stocks of Datura and Atropa but are not detectable in scions grown on reciprocal grafts1–7; they have been found in sap exuding from excised Datura stems7, in culture fluids of excised Datura roots7 and in tobacco leaves grafted on to Datura and Atropa stocks3,6,7. One interpretation of this evidence is that the site of synthesis of the mydriatic alkaloids of Datura and Atropa is the root.

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EVANS, W., PARTRIDGE, M. Alkaloid Biogenesis in Datura. Nature 169, 333–334 (1952). https://doi.org/10.1038/169333a0

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