1976•Chemical and Pharmaceutical BulletinOpen access
Isolation of N-demethylgalanthamine from the bulbs of Crinum asiaticum L. var. japanicum Baker (Amaryllidaceae).
Shigeru Kobayashi, Hideki Ishikawa, Masaru Kihara, TETSURO SHING, Shojiro Uyeo
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Abstract
The bulbs of Crinum asiaticum L. var. japonicum BAKER (Amaryllidaceae) were found to contain N-demethylgalanthamine (II) as well as lycorine (III) and crinamine (IV). This is the first time that II has been isolated directly, as an single base, from a member of the Amaryllidaceae.
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