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.).
White crystals, soluble in chloroform, derived from Fritillaria thunbergii.
Peimine is a steroidal alkaloid compound extracted from the Fritillaria species of medicinal plants.
ChEBI: Verticine is an alkaloid.
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)
