Corydalis hamata Franch. etC. pseudohamata Fedde

Corydalis tuber is the root of Corydalis yahusuo

WANG classified as Papaveraceae. Aqueous extract from Corydalis tuber is known to stimulate blood circulation and relieve pain. It has traditionally been used for the treatment of neuralgia, dysmenorrhea, and gastrointestinal spasm. The analgesic and spasmolytic properties of the Corydalis tuber are essentially ascribed to several alkaloids: DL-tetrahydropalmatine (THP), D-cotydaline, and coryd...

Deltaline from Delphinium delavayi Franch

THE TITLE COMPOUND [SYSTEMATIC NAME: 6β,10-dihy-droxy-1α,14α,16β-trimeth-oxy-4-methyl-7β,8-(methyl-enedi-oxy)-20-ethyl-aconitan-6-yl acetate], C(27)H(41)NO(8), is a C(19)-diterpenoid alkaloid and a major diterpenoid alkaloid component of the roots of Delphinium delavayi Franch. var. pogonanthum (Hand.-Mazz.) W. T. Wang. The mol-ecule has a lycoctonine carbon-atom skeleton with four six-membered...

Introduction etc

Bilateral and multilateral development cooperation agencies are to an increasing extent promoting and adopting a sector-wide approach (SWAp) in their development cooperation. The Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency (Sida), for example, joined their first sector-wide approach cooperation in the late 90s, and today they are involved in SWAps in countries in Africa, Asia and Latin...

Reports etc

Alkaloids in Processed Rhizoma Corydalis and Crude Rhizoma Corydalis Analyzed by GC/MS

The alkaloids in the processed Rhizoma Corydalis and the crude Rhizoma Corydalis were qualitatively and semiquantitatively analyzed using gas chromatography-mass spectrometry (GC/MS) method. The processing herb drug procedure was carried out according to the standard method of Chinese Pharmacopoeia. The samples were extracted using Soxhlet extractor with different solvents: methanol and acetone...