aporphine
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Aporphine is an alkaloid with the chemical formula . It is the core chemical substructure of the aporphine alkaloids, a subclass of quinoline alkaloids. It can exist in either of two enantiomeric forms, (R)-aporphine and (S)-aporphine.
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Aporphine is an alkaloid with the chemical formula . It is the core chemical substructure of the aporphine alkaloids, a subclass of quinoline alkaloids. It can exist in either of two enantiomeric forms, (R)-aporphine and (S)-aporphine.
==Derivatives== Many different derivatives of aporphine have been isolated from plants. For example, many water lilies (Nymphaea species) produce aporphine alkaloids such as nuciferine, nymphaeine, nymphaline, nupharine, α- and β-nupharidine.
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