Collect. Czech. Chem. Commun.
1992, 57, 573-578
https://doi.org/10.1135/cccc19920573
Quaternary Alkaloids from Thalictrum minus subsp. elatum (JACQ.) STOY. et STEFANOV
Jiří Slavík and Leonora Slavíková
Biochemical Institute of Medical Faculty, Masaryk University, 662 43 Brno
Abstract
Quaternary alkaloids berberine (chloride, 0.18%) and, after transformation into the iodides, magnoflorine (iodide, 1.06%), jatrorrhizine (iodide, 0.066%), thalphenine (iodide, 0.040%) and thalifendine (iodide, 0.021%) were isolated, after separation of the tertiary bases (0.38%) from the root of Thalictrum minus subsp. elatum (JACQ.) STOJ. et STEFANOV of Czechoslovak origin (1.8% alkaloid content). The aerial parts (0.013% alkaloids) in their quaternary fraction contain only negligible amounts of magnoflorine, berberine, and coptisine (which is the first time coptisine was found in the Thalictrum genus).
