title: Alkaloids from Balanites aegyptiaca.
abstract: High performance liquid chromatographic (HPLC) analysis of a dichloromethane extract of the stem-barks of Balanites aegyptiaca has yielded two known alkaloids, N-trans-feruloyltyramine (1) and N-cis-feruloyltyramine (2), and three common metabolites, vanillic acid, syringic acid and 3-hydroxy-1-(4-hydroxy-3-methoxyphenyl)-1-propanone.
authors.affiliation: MolecularNature Ltd, Institute of Grassland and Environmental Research, Plas Gogerddan, Aberystwyth, SY23 3EB, Ceredigion, UK. sdsarker@hotmail.com
authors.forename: S D
authors.initials: SD
authors.lastname: Sarker
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Bartholomew
authors.forename: R J
authors.initials: RJ
authors.lastname: Nash
mesh_terms: D000470:Alkaloids / Q000737:chemistry*; D002851:Chromatography, High Pressure Liquid; D003373:Coumaric Acids / Q000737:chemistry*; D006801:Humans; D010936:Plant Extracts / Q000737:chemistry*; D010946:Plants, Medicinal; D014439:Tyramine / Q000031:analogs & derivatives / Q000737:chemistry*
chemical_list: D000470:Alkaloids; D003373:Coumaric Acids; D010936:Plant Extracts; C074004:feruloyltyramine; D014439:Tyramine