Institute of Phytochemistry, Kobe College of Pharmacy, Motoyama-cho, Higashinada-ku, Kobe, Japan
Abstract:
Basic compounds have been detected in five Brazilian Piptadenia species by means of electrophoresis. Bufotenine was detected in P. contorta Benth., and P. moniliformis Benth. The seeds of P. leprostachya Benth. contained theobromine, a new constituent in Leguminosae.