Heinz G. Floss- Biosynthesis of Ergot Alkaloids and Related Compounds
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Transcript of Heinz G. Floss- Biosynthesis of Ergot Alkaloids and Related Compounds
908 H. G. FLOSS
CONCLUDING REMARKS
The foregoing review has hopefully shown that thebiosynthesis of the ergoline ring system, which at onetime looked like a simple sequence of mostly non-specificreactions, involves a substantial number of very specificand rather complicated transformations. It has also
Medicinal Chemistry and Pharmacognosy, particularly ProfessorsJ. M. Cassady, C.-j. Chang, P. F. Heinstein and J. E. Robbers, andwith a number of other research groups, particularly that ofProfessor D. Groger, Halle (Saale), to all of whom I am greatlyindebted. Finally I want to thank Mrs. Lorraine Smith for herskill and patience in typing this manuscript and drawing all thestructures.