Three new lupin alkaloids, (-)-14 beta-hydroxysophoridine, (-)-12 beta-hydr
oxysophocarpine and (-)-9 alpha-hydroxysophocarpine, were isolated from the
seeds of Sophora viciifolia together with 10 known lupin alkaloids, (+)-9
alpha-hydroxymatrine, (-)-14 beta-hydroxymatrine, (+)-lupanine, (-)-5,6-deh
ydrolupanine, (-)-cytisine, (+)-matrine, (+)-matrine N-oxide, (-)-sophocarp
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