Studies towards isolation of markers for application in quality control of sceletium plant material and its dosage forms

• In: SIG Natural Substances - Poster Session
• At: Salvadore (Brazil) (2006)
• Type: Poster
• Poster code: NS-P-004
• By: KANFER, Isadore (Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa)
• Co-author(s): Patnala, Srinivas (Rhodes University, GRAHAMSTOWN, South Africa)
  
• Abstract:

  Aims:
  
  The Sceletium plant has been reported to contain psychoactive alkaloids, specifically mesembrine, mesembrenone, mesembrenol and related alkaloids. Sceletium is marketed as dried plant powder and as phyto-pharmaceutical dosage forms.
  
  The relevant alkaloids are not commercially available, hence relevant markers were isolated and..

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