Homolycorine is one of a number of
toxic
Toxicity is the degree to which a chemical substance or a particular mixture of substances can damage an organism. Toxicity can refer to the effect on a whole organism, such as an animal, bacterium, or plant, as well as the effect on a subst ...
alkaloid
Alkaloids are a class of basic, naturally occurring organic compounds that contain at least one nitrogen atom. This group also includes some related compounds with neutral and even weakly acidic properties. Some synthetic compounds of similar ...
s found in various
Amaryllidaceae
The Amaryllidaceae are a family of herbaceous, mainly perennial and bulbous (rarely rhizomatous) flowering plants in the monocot order Asparagales. The family takes its name from the genus ''Amaryllis'' and is commonly known as the amaryllis fa ...
species such as daffodils (''
Narcissus'').
Sources
Four new Amaryllidaceae alkaloids from Zephyranthes candida. Shitara N, Hirasawa Y, Hasumi S, Sasaki T, Matsumoto M, Wong CP, Kaneda T, Asakawa Y, Morita H (2014 Jul) Journal of natural medicines, 68(3):610-4Acta CrystallographicaT. Kitagawa, W. I. Taylor, S. Uyeo and H. Yajima. The constitution of homolycorine and lycorenine J. Chem. Soc., 1955, 1066-1068 DOI: 10.1039/JR9550001066* {{Cite book, last1=Bastida, first1=Jaume, last2=Lavilla, first2=Rodolfo, last3=Viladomat, first3=Francesc Viladomat, editor1-last=Cordell, editor1-first=G. A., title=Chemical and biological aspects of "Narcissus" alkaloids, date=2006, volume=63, pages=87–179, doi=10.1016/S1099-4831(06)63003-4, pmid=17133715, series=The Alkaloids: Chemistry and Biology, pmc=7118783, isbn=9780124695634
Lactones
Alkaloids
category:Dihydroisocoumarins