Periodic Reporting for period 1 - PiloSyn (Elucidation of the biosynthesis pathway of the glaucoma drug pilocarpine in Pilocarpus plants)

The medical drug pilocarpine is one of the treatments for glaucoma or dry mouth. Pilocarpine is an alkaloid made by Pilocarpus shrubs naturally grown in the Amazon rainforest. As it is not cost-effective to chemically synthesize pilocarpine, commercial demands are met by...