HPLC Analysis of Mesembrine-Type Alkaloids in Sceletium Plant Material Used as An African Traditional Medicine

Abstract PURPOSE: Sceletium plant species have been reported to contain psychoactive alkaloids, specifically belonging to mesembrine-type alkaloids. Sceletium is presently marketed through health shops and on the internet as dried plant powder and as pharmaceutical dosage forms and purported to be...

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Main Authors: Srinivas Patnala, Isadore Kanfer
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Canadian Society for Pharmaceutical Sciences 2010-11-01
Series:Journal of Pharmacy & Pharmaceutical Sciences
Online Access:https://journals.library.ualberta.ca/jpps/index.php/JPPS/article/view/9395