Quinolizidine alkaloids exhibit various forms of biological activity. A lot of them were found in
the Leguminosae family, including Laburnum and Genista. The aim of the study was the …

Background: Identification and quantitative determination of cytisine, especially in biological
samples and pharmaceutical formulations, is still a difficult analytical task. Cytisine is an …

Alkaloids are heterocyclic bases with widespread occurrence in nature. Plants are rich and
easily accessible sources of them. Most isoquinoline alkaloids have cytotoxic activity for …

Alkaloids have protective functions for plants and can play an important role in living
organisms. Alkaloids may have a wide range of pharmacological activities. Many of them …

The aim of this work was to investigate the lipoidal matter composition of the petroleum ether
extract of Centaurea scoparea Sieb, to determine the total flavonoidal content of the …

The lignans comprise a class of natural products, which are derived from cinnamic acid
derivatives, and which are related biochemically to phenylalanine metabolism (Moss 2000) …

In this study, two known quinolizidine alkaloids which are sparteine and lupanine were
isolated from the methanolic extract of the plant Cytisus purgans of Algerian flora by open …

Isoquinoline alkaloids belong to the toxic secondary metabolites occurring in plants of many
families. The high biological activity makes these compounds promising agents for use in …

Abstract Catharanthus roseus (Apocynaceae), in Malaysia known as Kemuning cina, well
known for being rich in alkaloids was investigated for its cytotoxic activity by using MTT …

Background: Plants are an important origin of natural substances that the raw material for
various pharmaceutical and therapeutic applications due to the presence of phytochemicals …