Table 2 (continued)
Alkaloid type
Example
Order
Family
Genus (selection)
hydroxylupanine, lupanine, lupinine,
matrine, multiflorine, ormosanine,
piptanthine, retamine, sparteine,
thermopsine
Laburnum, Lamprolobium, Lupinus,
Ormosia, Piptanthus, Retama,
Podopetalum, Sophora, Spartium,
Templetonia, Thermopsis, Ulex,
Vexibia
Aphylline, lupinine
Caryophyllales Chenopodiaceae
Anabasis
Baptifoline, leontiformine
Ranunculales
Berberidaceae
Caulophyllum, Leontice
Steroidal
alkaloids
Buxamine, cyclobuxine, terminaline
Buxales
Buxaceae
Buxus, Pachysandra
Chaconine, demissine, solamargine,
solanidine, solanine, solasonine,
tomatidine
Solanales
Solanaceae
Solanum
Chaconine, cyclopamine, germine,
jervine, protoveratrine A and B,
veracevine, verticine, zygadenine
Liliales
Liliaceae, Melianthaceae
Fritillaria, Notholiron,
Schoenocaulon, Veratrum, Zigadenus
Conessine, funtumine, paravallarine
Gentianales
Apocynaceae
Funtumia, Holarrhena, Kibatalia,
Paravallaris
Tropane
alkaloids
Atropine, convolamine, convolvine,
hyoscyamine, littorrine, meteloidine,
scopolamine, tigloidine
Solanales
Convolvulaceae, Solanaceae
Anthocercis, Atropa, Datura,
Duboisia, Hyoscyamus, Scopolia,
Solandra
Benzylecgonine, cinnamoylcocaine,
cocaine, ecgonine, meteloidine
Malpighiales
Erythroxylaceae
Erythroxylum
Cephalotaxus
alkaloids
Cephalotaxine, harringtonine
Pinales
Cephalotaxaceae
Cephalotaxus
Equietum
alkaloids
Palustrine
Equisetales
Equisetaceae
Equisetum
Taxus alkaloids
Paclitaxel (taxol), taxine A
Pinales
Taxaceae
Taxus
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