1. The development of the chemistry of alkaloids was accelerated by the emergence of spectroscopic and chromatographic methods in the 20th century, so that by 2008 more than 12,000 alkaloids had been identified.

20세기 분광학과 크로마토그래피의 출현으로 알칼로이드 화학은 한층 가속되었고, 2008년까지 12,000개 이상의 알칼로이드가 식별되었다.