Q&A: Does alcoholic fermentation modify alkaloids and other complex chemicals?

Question by Honesty is the Best Policy: Does alcoholic fermentation modify alkaloids and other complex chemicals?
If plant material containing alkaloids, sterols, or other relatively complex phytochemicals is fermented by the common yeasts involved in brewing, can these chemicals undergo structural modification? Are there any documented examples of this?

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Answer by First Lady
Are you planning on brewing up a pot beer?

http://www.erowid.org/plants/cannabis/cannabis_recipe6.shtml
http://www.onr.com/user/liberty/Marijuana/MBeer/MBeer.html
http://www.scitopics.com/Solid_state_fermentation.html
http://www.world-of-fungi.org/Mostly_Medical/Ziad_Madlom/Ergot_alkaloids.htm

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