Aporheine

Collection of Czechoslovak Chemical Communications, 1989, 54(4):1118-1125.

Alkaloids from Papaver rhoeas var. chelidonioides O. KUNTZE, P. confine JORD., and P. dubium L[Reference: WebLink]

As minor constituents were isolated protopine, papaverrubine A, rhoeagenine, (-)-stylopine, an unidentified alkaloid PCH 1 (m.p. 205 °C), 2-methyl-1,2,3,4-tetrahydro-β-carboline and (-)-trans-N-methylstylopinium hydroxide.
METHODS AND RESULTS:
Chromatographic analysis detected isorhoeadine, allocryptopine, cryptopine, papaverrubine C, D and E, scoulerine, isoboldine, berberine, corysamine, magnoflorine and corytuberine. P. confine JORD. (tetraploid, 2n = 28) was found to display a very low alkaloid content (0.003%) and afforded corytuberine and berberine as principal alkaloids, along with minor amounts of protopine rhoeadine, scoulerine and cryptopine. Chromatography identified isocorydine, corydine, allocryptopine, Aporheine, stylopine, sinactine, thebaine, mecambrine, papaverrubines A, E, C and D, coptisine and corysamine.
CONCLUSIONS:
The tertiary alkaloid fraction from ripe capsules of P. dubium L. (hexaploid, 2n = 42; 0.24% of alkaloids) of domestic origin afforded (+)-roemerine (Aporheine) as the main constituent (87% of total bases); mecambrine, protopine, rhoeadine and papaverrubines D and C (traces of A and E) were detected. From strongly polar bases N-methylaporheinium hydroxide (as iodide) was isolated and corytuberine detected.