The bulbs of Ammocharis coranica yielded eight alkaloids: lycorine, acetylc
aranine and crinamine, which have been reported previously from A. coranica
, 1w-O-acelyllycorine, hippadine, 6 alpha-hydroxypowelline and hamayne, whi
ch have been reported from other members of the Amaryllidaceae, 1-O-acetyl-
9-O-demethylpluviine, which has not been described previously, and the know
n cycloartane compounds: 24-methylenecycloartan-3 beta-ol cycloeucalenol, c
ycloeucalenone and also 24-methylenepollinastanone: which has not been desc
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