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isoquinoline alkaloid catabolic process |
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- ipecac alkaloid catabolism
- isoquinoline alkaloid breakdown
- isoquinoline alkaloid catabolism
- isoquinoline alkaloid degradation
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The chemical reactions and pathways resulting in the breakdown of isoquinoline alkaloids, alkaloid compounds that contain bicyclic N-containing aromatic rings and are derived from a 3,4-dihydroxytyramine (dopamine) precursor that undergoes a Schiff base addition with aldehydes of different origin.
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