N-methylasimilobine was isolated as the major alkaloid from an Egyptian sample of P. rhoeas L. Other alkaloids isolated from the same plant material were stylopine, coptisine, isocorydine and rhoeadine. Chromatography indicated the presence of at least nine other minor alkaloids.
Papaver rhoeas - Papaveraceae - Alkaloids - N-methylasimilobine - Stylopine - Coptisine - Isocorydine - Rhoeadine