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About 950 alkaloids have been isolated and named from the two percent ot all species which have been tested tor them. As a ǵuide in further search for alkaloids, their presence in and absence from some 250 families of plants are here tabulated.

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    J. J. Willaman

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    Bernice G. Schubert

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Willaman, J.J., Schubert, B.G. Alkaloid hunting. Econ Bot 9, 141–150 (1955). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02898795

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