Herpestis monniera

Monniera cuneifolia Michx. (Herpestis monniera HB and K. (Scro-phulariaceae). The plant contains alkaloids, of which the chief item, herpestine, has been obtained crystalline. It has the formula C34H4gOjN2, m.p. 116-8°, is diacidic and forms the following salts sulphate, dec. 120°, tartrate, m.p. 209-210°, platinichloride, dec. from 242°, aurichloride, m.p. 210-3° (dec.) (Basu and Walia, Ind. J. Pharm., 1944, 6, 85, 91 Basu and Pabrai, Quart. J. Pharm. Pharmacol., 1947, 20, 137). 

Callicarpa macrophylla Centella asiatica Chonus calamos Glycerrhiza glabra Herpestis monniera Putranjiva roxburghii... 

Herpestis monniera. Phytochemistry 11 2649-2651 Schultes RE (1979) Solanaceous hallucinogens and their role in the development of New World cultures. In Hawkes, Lester, Skelding (eds) The biology and taxonomy of the Solanaceae. Linn Soc Symp Ser, vol 7. Linnean Soc Academic Press, London, pp 137-160 Schwarting AE, Bobbitt JM, Rother A, Ateil CK, Khanna KL, Leary JD, Walter WG (1963) The alkaloids of Withania somnifera. Lloydia (J Nat Prod) 26 258-273 Scott TA, Lynn JP (1967) The incorporation of [2,3,7,- C]nicotinic add into nicotine by Nicotiana tabacum. Phytochemistry 6 505-510... 

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