A new tetrahydroprotoberberine alkaloid, 2,10-dihydroxi-3,10-dimethoxy
-8 beta-methyldibzo[a,g]quinolizidine (hemiargyrine), was isolated fro
m Croton hemiargyreus. Other bases present were glaucine, oxoglaucine,
salutaridine and norsalutaridine. Their structures were elucidated us
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