Alkaloids from Egyptian Papaver rhoeas

Sawsan El-Masry; M. G. El-Ghazooly; A. A. Omar; S. M. Khafagy; J. D. Phillipson

doi:10.1055/s-2007-971675

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Planta Med 1981; 41(1): 61-64
DOI: 10.1055/s-2007-971675

Research Articles

Alkaloids from Egyptian Papaver rhoeas

Sawsan El-Masry¹ , M. G. El-Ghazooly¹ , A. A. Omar¹ , S. M. Khafagy¹ , J. D. Phillipson²

¹Department of Pharmacognosy, Faculty of Pharmacy, University of Alexandria, Egypt
²Department of Pharmacognosy, The School of Pharmacy, University of London, Brunswick Square, London, U.K.

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29 March 2007 (online)

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Abstract

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.

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Papaver rhoeas - Papaveraceae - Alkaloids - N-methylasimilobine - Stylopine - Coptisine - Isocorydine - Rhoeadine