title: CGC-MS of alkaloids in Leucojum aestivum plants and their in vitro cultures.
abstract: Underivatised alkaloid mixtures extracted from intact plants and in vitro cultures of Leucojum aestivum (Amaryllidaceae) were investigated by capillary GC-MS. Excellent peak resolution for the alkaloids was exhibited and isomers of galanthamine and N-formylnorgalanthamine were well separated. Fourteen alkaloids of galanthamine, lycorine and crinane types were identified, 11 in the intact plants and eight in the in vitro cultures.
authors.affiliation: Institute of Botany, Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 23 Acad. G. Bonchev Str., 1113 Sofia, Bulgaria. berkov@iph.bio.bas.bg
authors.forename: Strahil
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Berkov
authors.forename: Atanas
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Pavlov
authors.forename: Mladenka
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Ilieva
authors.forename: Monique
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Burrus
authors.forename: Simeon
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Popov
authors.forename: Marina
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Stanilova
mesh_terms: D000470:Alkaloids / Q000032:analysis* / Q000737:chemistry; D008401:Gas Chromatography-Mass Spectrometry; D019668:Liliaceae / Q000737:chemistry*; D008956:Models, Chemical; D015394:Molecular Structure
chemical_list: D000470:Alkaloids