Alkaloids and steroidal sapogenins of the corms of merendra persica l

ABSTRACT

From the corms of Merendra persica L. [Liliaceae], six alkaloids [colchicine, beta and gamma-lumicolchicine, gamma-lumi-3-demethylcolchicine, 3-demethylcolchicine and demecolcine], three steroidal sapogenins [gitogenin, ruscogenin and diosgenin] and beta-sitosterol were isolated. The identification of the isolated compounds was based on spectroscopic [UV, IR, NMR and MS] and chromatographic evidences