Alkaloids Flashcards
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Organic nitrogenous compounds with varied pharmacologic actions
ALKALOIDS
Only liquid alkaloids (CNSA)
Coniine, Nicotine, Sparteine, Arecoline
Characteristics of Alkaloids
Basic pH, bitter taste; usually crystalline or amorphous
t/f Majority of the activities of plants is due to alkaloids
true
t/f To be a true alkaloid, it should be derived from amino acids.
true
Secondary amine: R2NH
ephedrine
Primary amine: RNH2
Mescaline
Alkaloids are generally white solid substance except _____________ (yellow) & ________________ (colorless, yields red salts)
berberine (yellow)
sanguinarine (colorless, yields red salts)
known as blood root, used by Indians
to color their faces. Colorless when its still in the plant, but when cut and exposed to oxygen, it becomes red.
Sanguinaria
Rich in berberine which undergoes extraction then evaporation, its extract will turn to brownish-yellow.
Makabuhay
Tertiary amine: R3N
atropine
Alkaloids derived from Lysine
Connine, Lobeline
Alkaloids derived from L-tryptophan
Strychnine, LSD
Quaternary amine
tubocurarine
Alkaloids derived from L-tyrosine
Morphine, Papaverine
Alkaloids derived from Ornithine Aspartate
Nicotine
Alkaloids derived from Ornithine
Cocaine, atropine, hyoscyamine, scopolamine
Alkaloids derived from Tyrosine
Morphine, Berberine, hydrastine, emetine, sanguinarine, opium alkaloids
Alkaloids derived from Tryptophane
Quinine
Alkaloids derived from Purine (Aspartate, Glycine, Glutamine)
Caffeine, Theobromine, theophylline
Remedy for alkaloid’s insolubility in water, soluble in organic solvents (fat soluble)
Convert them into salts to be soluble in water
Known as free alkaloids
ALKALOIDAL BASE
t/f Alkaloids are soluble in ether, chloroform, and other non-polar solvents <isolation></isolation>
true
freely soluble in water
ALKALOIDAL SALTS