Role of Alkaloid

Alkaloids are produced by a large variety of organisms, including bacteria, fungi, plants, and animals, and are part of the group of natural products (also called secondary metabolites). Many alkaloids can be purified from crude extracts by acid-base extraction. Many alkaloids are toxic to other organisms. They often have pharmacological effects and are used as medications, as recreational drugs, or in entheogenic rituals.

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Ms. Maitreyee R Brahmbhatt is presently working as Assistant Professor at Shankersinh Vaghela Bapu Institute of Pharmacy, Gujarat. She has 5 years experience of Teaching and research. Her research interest extends from phytochemical screening to isolation of phytoconsituents and structure elucidation and also anti-inflammatory screening methods.