ALKALOIDS FROM HAEMANTHUS MULTIFLORUS MARTYN

Document Type : Original Article

Authors

1 Department of Pharmacognosy, Faculty of Pharmacy, Assiut University, Assiut, Egypt

2 Institute fur Organische Chemie und Biochemie der Universitäte, Bonn, West Germany

Abstract

Phytochemical study of the alkaloidal content of Haemanthus multiflorus Martyn grown in Ethiopia, Resulted in the isolation and characterization of lycorine, in addition to galanthamine and sanguinine, are to be reported for the first time from this species.