stereochemistry

α-pyrrolidinopentiophenone (α-PVP, Flakka) is a synthetic cathinone that is highly addictive and poses serious risks to the user’s mental and physical health. Despite these dangers, α-PVP remains largely unstudied. The abuse potential of a drug (i.e., its likelihood of self-admi…

The objective of this project has been to find the active principles in the medicinal plant, Rollinia mucosa (Jacq.) Baill., a tropical Annonaceous fruit tree that has been used for the primitive medical treatment of tumors in the West Indies and Indonesia. The phytochemistry of…