Production of purity benzo-c-phenanthridine alkaloid salts

摘要

A method of extracting benzo-c-phenanthridine alkaloids from plants of the families Papaveraceae, Fumariaceae, and Berberidaceae, comprising grinding the plant, extracting the ground plant with acidulated methanol or acidulated ethanol, precipitating the extract with an acid salt soluble in the solvent used, redissolving the precipitated salt in water, adding sufficient acid to form a precipitate, and collecting the precipitate so formed.