Large Scale Production of Stemona Alkaloids for Agricultural Applications and New Drug Discovery

Stemona生物碱是一大类天然产物，具有重要的农业和医药潜力。这些天然产物的提取物在亚洲的传统医药和杀虫剂中有许多应用。我们建议开发创新的方法来大规模生产和合成这些生物活性生物碱。所开发的方法和产品可能具有潜在的医药和农业应用，该国将来可以从中受益。该项目将有助于培养未来可能产生创新成果的技术人才，特别是在澳大利亚发展中的制药和生物技术行业。

The Stemona alkaloids form a large group of natural products that have significant potential as agricultural and pharmaceutical drugs. Extracts of these natural products have many applications in traditional medicine and as insecticides in Asia. We propose to develop innovative methods for the large scale production and synthesis of these bioactive alkaloids. The methodology and products developed may have potential pharmaceutical and agricultural applications from which the country could benefit in the future. This project would help develop skilled people who may produce innovative outcomes in the future, especially in the developing pharmaceutical and biotechnology industries in Australia.