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Production of Rare Phyto-Ceramides from Abundant Food Plant Residues by Reisberg, Mathias, Arnold, Norbert, Porzel, Andrea, Neubert, Reinhard H. H, Dräger, Birgit

“…Ceramides (Cers) are major components of the outermost layer of the skin, the stratum corneum, and play a crucial role in permeability barrier functions…”
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Tropane alkaloid analysis by chromatographic and electrophoretic techniques: An update by Aehle, Elke, Dräger, Birgit

“…Tropane alkaloids like atropine are antidotes applied against organophosphorus intoxications. Atropine is toxic itself and should be closely monitored during…”
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Inhibition of Human Intestinal α‑Glucosidases by Calystegines by Jocković, Nebojša, Fischer, Wiebke, Brandsch, Matthias, Brandt, Wolfgang, Dräger, Birgit

“…Calystegines are polyhydroxylated nortropane alkaloids found in Convolvulaceae, Solanaceae, and other plant families. These plants produce common fruits and…”
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Cnicus benedictus as a potential low input oil crop by Horn, Gert, Kupfer, Astrid, Rademacher, Annett, Kluge, Holger, Kalbitz, Jutta, Eißner, Helmut, Dräger, Birgit

“…Cultivation of oil plants in locations less suited for prime oil plants may provide variation in vegetable oil availability and may contribute to land use…”
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How Human Neuroblastoma Cells Make Morphine by Boettcher, Chotima, Fellermeier, Monika, Boettcher, Christian, Dräger, Birgit, Zenk, Meinhart H.

“…Recently, our laboratory demonstrated that human neuroblastoma cells (SH-SY5Y) are capable of synthesizing morphine, the major active metabolite of opium…”
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Alkaloids in plants and root cultures of Atropa belladonna overexpressing putrescine N‐methyltransferase by Rothe, Grit, Hachiya, Akira, Yamada, Yasuyuki, Hashimoto, Takashi, Dräger, Birgit

“…Putrescine N‐methyltransferase (PMT) is the first alkaloid‐specific enzyme for nicotine and tropane alkaloid formation. The pmt gene from Nicotiana tabacum was…”
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Endogenous Formation of Morphine in Human Cells by Poeaknapo, Chotima, Schmidt, Jürgen, Brandsch, Matthias, Dräger, Birgit, Zenk, Meinhart H.

“…Morphine is a plant (opium poppy)-derived alkaloid and one of the strongest known analgesic compounds. Studies from several laboratories have suggested that…”
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Evolution of the key alkaloid enzyme putrescine N-methyltransferase from spermidine synthase by Junker, Anne, Fischer, Juliane, Sichhart, Yvonne, Brandt, Wolfgang, Dräger, Birgit

“…Putrescine N-methyltransferases (PMTs) are the first specific enzymes of the biosynthesis of nicotine and tropane alkaloids. PMTs transfer a methyl group onto…”
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Urinary excretion of morphine and biosynthetic precursors in mice by Grobe, Nadja, Lamshöft, Marc, Orth, Robert G, Dräger, Birgit, Kutchan, Toni M, Zenk, Meinhart H, Spiteller, Michael

“…It has been firmly established that humans excrete a small but steady amount of the isoquinoline alkaloid morphine in their urine. It is unclear whether it is…”
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Putrescine N-methyltransferase in Solanum tuberosum L., a calystegine-forming plant by Stenzel, O, Teuber, M, Drager, B

“…Putrescine N-methyltransferase (PMT, EC 2.1.1.53) catalyses the first specific step in the biosynthesis of tropane and nicotine alkaloids. Potato (Solanum…”
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Evolution of putrescine N-methyltransferase from spermidine synthase demanded alterations in substrate binding by Biastoff, Stefan, Reinhardt, Nicole, Reva, Veaceslav, Brandt, Wolfgang, Dräger, Birgit

“…Putrescine N-methyltransferase (PMT) catalyses S-adenosylmethionine (SAM)-dependent methylation of putrescine in tropane alkaloid biosynthesis. PMT presumably…”
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Chiral separation of the plant lignan matairesinol by capillary electrophoresis by Müller, Ulrike, Mrestani, Yahya, Neubert, Reinhard, Dräger, Birgit

“…Lignans are dimeric phenylpropanoid compounds in plants that enjoy increasing medicinal interest because of their phytoestrogen activity. Lignans are chiral…”
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Overexpression of tropinone reductases alters alkaloid composition in Atropa belladonna root cultures by Richter, Ute, Rothe, Grit, Fabian, Anne-Katrin, Rahfeld, Bettina, Dräger, Birgit

“…The medicinally applied tropane alkaloids hyoscyamine and scopolamine are produced in Atropa belladonna L. and in a small number of other Solanaceae…”
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Calystegines in potatoes with genetically engineered carbohydrate metabolism by Richter, Ute, Sonnewald, Uwe, Dräger, Birgit

“…Calystegines are hydroxylated nortropane alkaloids derived from the tropane alkaloid biosynthetic pathway. They are strong glycosidase inhibitors and occur in…”
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MATE Transporter-Dependent Export of Hydroxycinnamic Acid Amides by Dobritzsch, Melanie, Lübken, Tilo, Eschen-Lippold, Lennart, Gorzolka, Karin, Blum, Elke, Matern, Andreas, Marillonnet, Sylvestre, Böttcher, Christoph, Dräger, Birgit, Rosahl, Sabine

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Exploiting plant alkaloids by Schläger, Sabrina, Dräger, Birgit

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Chemistry and biology of calystegines by Dräger, Birgit

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Tropinone reductases, enzymes at the branch point of tropane alkaloid metabolism by Drager, B

“…Two specific tropinone reductases produce tropine or pseudotropine. Enzymes were isolated, characterised, cloned, and expressed from Solanaceae…”
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Analysis of tropane and related alkaloids by Dräger, Birgit

“…The current methods for tropane alkaloid chromatographic separation and determination are summarised. The alkaloids included are: the medicinally applied…”
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MATE Transporter-Dependent Export of Hydroxycinnamic Acid Amides by Dobritzsch, Melanie, Lübken, Tilo, Eschen-Lippold, Lennart, Gorzolka, Karin, Blum, Elke, Matern, Andreas, Marillonnet, Sylvestre, Böttcher, Christoph, Dräger, Birgit, Rosahl, Sabine

“…The ability of Arabidopsis thaliana to successfully prevent colonization by Phytophthora infestans, the causal agent of late blight disease of potato (Solanum…”
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