Biosynthesis of withasomnine, a unique pyrazole alkaloid

✍ Scribed by D.G. O'Donovan; T.J. Forde

• Publisher: Elsevier Science
• Year: 1970
• Tongue: French
• Weight: 82 KB
• Volume: 11
• Category: Article
• ISSN: 0040-4039
• DOI: 10.1016/s0040-4039(01)98548-x

✦ Synopsis

Withania somnifera Dunal indigenous to Southern Europe, India and

Africa is cultivated for drug purposes in India'. Schwarting et al2 have isolated in a pure state nine alkaloids from the roots of this planttropine, pseudotropine, 3-tropyl tigloate, choline, cuscohygrine, dl-isopelletierine, anahygrine, anaferine and an alkaloid whose constitution was