Description
Fritillaria verticillata var. Thunbergii also yields this steroidal alkaloid which was originally given the formulae ClsH3302N or C19H3S02N. The base has [α]
10D -10.66° (EtOH), yields a crystalline perchlorate, a platinichloride, and contains three non-phenolic hydroxyl groups. The nitrogen atom is tertiary in character. Chi and his colleagues regard the alkaloid as identical with Peimine (q.v.).
References
Fukuda., Sci. Rep. Tohoku Imp. Univ., 18,323 (1929)
Chi, Kao, Chang.,i. Amer. Chern. Soc., 58, 1306 (1936)
Chi, Kao, Chang., ibid, 62, 1778 (1944)
