Planta Med 1997; 63(1): 92-93
DOI: 10.1055/s-2006-957617
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Alkaloid Content of Different Bulb Parts of Narcissus cv. Ice Follies

Rita M. Moraes-Cerdeira1 , Jairo K. Bastos1 , Charles L. Burandt1  Jr , N. P. Dhammika Nanayakkara1 , Julie Mikell1 , 2 , James D. McChesney1 , 2 , 3
  • 1National Center for the Development of Natural Products and The Research Institute of Pharmaceutical Sciences, School of Pharmacy, The University of Mississippi, University, MS 38677, U.S.A.
  • 2Department of Pharmacognosy, School of Pharmacy, The University of Mississippi, University, MS 38677, U.S.A.
  • 3NaPro BioTherapeutics, Inc., 6304 Spine Road Unit A. Boulder, Colorado 80301, U.S.A
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1996

1996

Publication Date:
04 January 2007 (online)

Abstract

Bulbs of Narcissus were dissected into outer and inner scales, leaves, basal plate, flower, and bulbils to determine the distribution of alkaloids among different tissues. Quantitation of galanthamine as well as the other alkaloids was accomplished by capillary gas chromatography.