Abstract
From the bulbs of an Amaryllidaceous plant, Crinum zeylanicum L., a Sri Lankan folk medicine (Sinhalese name, Goda-manel), five alkaloids I-V were isolated and identified as lycorine (I), 3-acetylhamayne (III), 6-hydroxycrinamine (IV), hamayne (V), and a new alkaloid, 6-methoxycrinamine (II).