Syrup of ipecac | Ipecac Recordings | Biosynthesis | tropane alkaloid | Pyrrolizidine alkaloid sequestration |
Originally isolated from the plant Rauvolfia serpentina, a medicinal plant widely used in Indian folk medicine, this enzyme participates in terpenoid biosynthesis and indole and ipecac alkaloid biosynthesis, both of which produce many compounds with significant physiological and medicinal properties.