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Published on: October 2, 2016
GC-MS investigation of tropane alkaloids in Datura stramonium
Stefan Philipov1, Strahil Berkov
1Department of Phytochemistry, Institute of Organic Chemistry with Center of Phytochemistry, Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, Sofia.
Abstract:
Alkaloids, GS-MS, Datura stramonium The alkaloid spectrum in roots, leaves and seeds of Datura stramonium L. was investigated by GC-MS. Twenty-nine tropane alkaloids are detected. Twelve of them are new constituents for the species and the two tropane esters 3-(3'-acetoxytropoyloxy)tropane (21) and 3-(2'-hydroxytropoyloxy)tropane (26) are described for the first time.
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