Probing the secrets of the ryegrasses
Monday, June 20, 2011 - 11:31
in Biology & Nature
Loline alkaloids protect plants from attack by insects and have other interesting features that have yet to be studied in detail. Chemists from Ludwig-Maximilians-Universitaet in Munich, Germany, have developed a method for the effective synthesis of these compounds, which will facilitate further investigations in biology and medicine.