Growth-regulating activity of bis-quaternary salts of pyrrolizidine alkaloids and the products of their transformation

The growth-regulating activity of bis-quaternary salts of the pyrrolizidine series has been studied. It has been established that they possess a retardant activity which depends on the presence of the quaternary nitrogen atom, the acid residue of the molecule, and its configuration.Institute of the Chemistry of Plant Substances, Academy of Sciences of the Uzbek SSR, Tashkent. Translated from Khimiya Prirodnykh Soedinenii, No. 6, pp. 802–805, November–December, 1979.