Abstract
The bulbs of
Ammocharis coranica yielded eight alkaloids: lycorine, acetylcaranine and crinamine, which have been reported previously from
A. coranica, 1-
O-acetyllycorine, hippadine, 6α-hydroxypowelline and hamayne, which have been reported from other members of the Amaryllidaceae, 1-
O-acetyl-9-
O-demethylpluviine, which has not been described previously, and the known cycloartane compounds: 24-methylenecycloartan-3β-ol, cycloeucalenol, cycloeucalenone and also 24-methylenepollinastanone, which has not been described previously.