The occurrence, structure determination, biological activities, as well as total syntheses of muscarine, imidazole, oxazole and thiazole alkaloids have been reviewed. The literature covers from the middle of 2001 to the end of 2002, and 149 references are cited.

This review covers the isolation, biological activity and chemical synthesis of Amaryllidaceae alkaloids and the structurally related Sceletium alkaloids. The literature from July 2001 to the end of 2002 is reviewed, and 61 references are cited.

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