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Planta Med 1964; 12(3): 328-333
DOI: 10.1055/s-0028-1100185
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A NEW OPIUM ALKALOID ISOLATION AND CHARACTERIZATION OF (±)–1–(3'–HYDR0XY–4'–METHOXYBENZYL)–2–METHYL–6–METHOXY–7–HYDROXY–1,2,3,4–TETRAHYDROISOQUINOLINE [(±)–RETICULINE]1

E. Brochmann–Hanssen, T. Furuya
  • School of Pharmacy, University of California, San Francisco, California, USA
1 Vorgetragen von E. Brochmann–Hanssen auf der 12. Tagung der Deutschen Gesellschaft für Arzneipflanzenforschung in Berlin vom 20.–22. Mai 1964
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15 January 2009 (online)

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Summary

A new benzyltetrahydroisoquinoline alkaloid isolated from opium has been shown to be identical with (±)–reticuline [(±)–coclanoline]. Its significance as a biogenetic precursor for the opium alkaloids is discussed.