Gas Liquid Chromatography of Alkaloids. I. Separation of Alkaloids of Amaryllidaceae

Abstract

A method for the separation of alkaloids of Amaryllidaceae by a gas chromatographic technique is described. The separation of trimethylsilyl derivatives of the alkaloids was carried out using a number of commercially available non-polar and polar stationary phases, with a hydrogen flame ionization detector system. An excellent resolution of a 12 components mixture was obtained with an HI-EFF 8B column. Application of this method to the extract of the alkaloids of Lycoris radiata HERB. was also investigated.